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Rh to be much in prayer, and much in communion with God, he aid, 'My honourable Mater and lovely Lord, my great royal King hath not a match in heaven nor in earth. I have my own guilt, like other inful men; but he hath pardoned, loved, wahed, and given me joy unpeakable and full of glory. I repent not that ever I owned his caue. Thee whom ye call Proteters, are the witnees of Jeus Chrit. I hope never to depart from that caue, nor ide with thoe that have burnt the caues of God's wrath. They have broken their covenant oftener than once or twice; but I believe the Lord will build Zion, and repair the wate places of Jacob. Oh ! to obtain mercy to wretle with God, for their eternal alvation. As for this prebytery, it hath tood in oppoition to me thee years pat. I have my record in heaven, I had no particular end in view, but was eeking the honour of God, the thriving of the gopel in this place, and the good of the new college, that ociety which I have left upon the Lord. What peronal wrongs they have done me, and what grief they have occaioned to me, I heartily forgive them, and deire mercy to wretle with God for mercy to them, and for the alvation of them all.'

The ame day, Mers. James M'Gill, John Wardlaw, William Vilant, and Alexander Wed- erburn, all members of the ame prebytery with him, coming to viit him, he made them welcome, and aid, 'My Lord and Mater is the chief of ten houand; none is comparable to him in heaven or aith. Dear brethren, do all for him ; preach for Chrit, pray for Chrit, feed the flock committed your charge for Chrit: do all for Chrit: beware of men-pleaing ; there is too much of it amongt us. The new college hath broke my heart, can ay nothing of it; I have left it upon the Lord of the houe, and it hath been, and till is