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20 of the people; and again and again he prayed for that man that was to lose his life. The enemies came upon them the same day and fired upon the people, and there was none of them either wounded or killed, save one man, and he was shot dead. Another time he was preaching, and gave a very large offer of Christ, in the gospel terms; an old wowanwoman [sic] being sitting before him, he laid his hands on each side of her head, and rocked her from side to side, and said, Thou witch-wife, thou witch-wife, thou witch-wife, I offer Christ to thee? Quit the devil's service, thou hast a bad master; thou wilt never make thy plack a babee of him: But if thou wilt break oft and renounce the devil's service, I promise thee, in my master's name, that he will give thee salvation. After this, there was a discernable change in her practice; and when she was a dying, she confessed that he was either engaged in the devil's service, or was engaging: and expressed her thankfulness, that she had the happiness of hearing Mr. Peden at that time.

Since the publishing of the former passages of Mr. Peden's life and death, I received two letters from Sir Alex. Gordon of Earlston, in the year 1725 and 1726, since gone to his grave—showing that he was not only fully satisfied, but much refreshed with the passages, requesting me not to delay the publishing of all that I proposed; and that he longed to see him before