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Rh taken, hanged, ſhot, and baniſhed; their wives and children put from their houſes, having no certain dwelling-place; all which I can inſtruct; ſome of all theſe being my acquaintance.

When Marion was preſſing him to eat, he ſaid, Let alone, I cannot be preſs'd; for I took not that meal of meat thoſe thirty years but what I could have taken as much when I roſe as when I ſat down.

I had the happineſs to hear bleſt Mr. Cargill preach his laſt public ſermon, (as I had ſeveral times before, for which while I live I deſire to bleſs the Lord) in Dunſyre common, betwixt Clydeſdale and Lothian, where he lectured on the first Chapter of Jeremiah, and preached upon that ſoul-refreſhing text, Iſa. xxvi. two laft verſes, Come, my people, enter into your chambers, &c. Wherein he was ſhort, marrowy, and ſententious, as his ordinary was in all his public ſermons and prayers, with the greateſt evidences of concernedneſs, exceeding all that ever I heard open a mouth, or ſaw open a bible to preach the goſpel, with the greateſt indignation at the unconcernedneſs of hearers. He preached from experience, and went to the experience of all that had any of the Lord's gracious dealing with their ſouls. It came from his heart and went to the heart; as I have heard ſome of our common hearers ſay, he ſpake as never man ſpake, for his words went through them.

He infilted what kind of chambers theſe were of protection and ſafety, and exhorted us all earneſtly to dwell in the cliffs of the rock, to bide ourſelves in the wounds of Chriſt, and to wrap ourſelves in the believing application of the promiſes, flowing there-from; and to make our refuge under the ſhadow of his wings, until theſe ſad calamities paſs over, and the dove come back with the Olive-leaf in her mouth, Theſe were the last words of his laſt ſermon.

Sometime that night having ſeveral miles to travel, not daring to leave that deſart place until it was dark, for fear of enemies: It was contrary to his inclination