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22 who came to ee him, aying, 'Tell the prebytery to anwer for God, and his caue and covenant,' aying, 'The cae is deperate, let them be in their duty.'———Then directing his peech to Mr. Colvil and Mr. Honeyman, he aid, 'Stick to it. You may think it an eay thing in me, a dying man, that am now going out of the reach of all that men can do; but He, before whom I tand, knows, that I dare advie no colleague or brother to do what I would not cordially do myelf, upon all hazard; and as for the caues of God's wrath, that men have now condemned, tell Mr. James Wood from me, that I had rather lay down my head on a caffold, and have it chopped off many times, (were it poible) before I had paed from them.' And then to Mr. Honeyman, he aid,———'Tell Mr. Wood, I heartily forgive him all the wrongs he has done me, and deire him from me, to declare himelf the man that he is till, for the government of the church of Scotland.'

Afterwards, when ome pake to him of his former painfulnes and faithfulnes in the minitry, he aid, 'I diclaim all that 'the port that I would be at, is redemption and forgivenes thro' his blood, Thou hall hew me the path of life, in thy ight is fulnes of joy: there is nothing now betwixt me and the reurrection, but, To-day thou halt be with me in paradie.' Mr. Blair aying, hall I praie the Lord for all the mercies he has done and is to do for you? He anwered, 'Oh! for a well tuned harp.' To his child, he aid, 'I have again left you upon the Lord: it may be, you will tell this to others, that the lines are fallen to me in pleaant places, I have got a goodly heritage, I bles the Lord that he gave me counel.'

Thus, by five o'clock in the morning, (as he himelf foretold) it was aid unto him, Come up hither, and he gave up the ghost, and the renowned