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Rh Ahab and Elijah, and Ahab's outward humiliation, where he had many ſententious notes: and preached upon that text, Amos iv. 12. Therefore this will I do unto thee, O Iſrael! and becauſe I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Iſrael! He inſiſted upon the foregoing judgements that had proven ineffectual, and few had returned unto him ; but this was a nameleſs judgement, or a non-ſuch ſtroke. He went to Darngavell, in Cambuſnethen pariſh, upon the ſide of the muir: He ſent for them to-morrow; when they came; they had a long reaſoning in the barn; the ſum and ſubſtance of it is to be found in that letter he ſent to the women in the Correction-houſe, which is publiſhed in the Cloud of Witneſſes. Two things they required of him, before they could join, and own him as their miniſter. I. That he would confeſs publicly his ſin in leaving of the land. 2. That he would engage to preach to none but them, and thoſe that joined with them. He anſwered, That he did not ſee that to be ſin in leaving the land in ſuch a time, and ſo ſort a time, in his circumſtances; and he hoped that he had been uſeful to not a few where he had been; and to preach to none but them, was a dreadful reſtriction to his miniſtry; for his commiſſion was far more extenſive, to go and preach, and baptize all nations, and to preach the goſpel to every creature; and if his trumpet would found to the ends of the earth, he would preach Chriſt to all. Gibb and Jamie carried piſtols upon them, and threatened all that came to ſeek their wives or others from them; which frighted ſome. There was a bed made for him and John Gibb: He lay down a little, but roſe in haſte, and went to the muir all night, I will remember, it was a cold eaſterly wet fog. Many waiting on to have his thoughts about them, he refuſed upon the Sabbath evening to give his thoughts until he ſpake with them. They found him in the morning wet and cold, and very melancholy, wanting reſt all night, and great grief upon