Page:Twenty remarkable passages in the life and prophecies of Mr. Alex. Peden, late minister of the gospel at New Glenluce, in Galloway.pdf/5

5 broken at Pentland-hills, and came the length of Clyde with them, where he had a melancholy view of their end, and parted with them, there. James Cubison, of Paluchbeauties, my informer, to whom he told this, he said to him, "Sir, you did well that parted with them, seeing you was persuaded they would fall and flee before the enemy.—Glory, glory to God. that he sent me not to hell immediately!—for I should have stayed with them, tho' I should have been cut all to pieces."

4. night the Lord's people fell, and fled before the enemy at Pentland-hills he was in a friend's house in Carrick, sixty miles from Edinburgh; his landlord seeing him mightily troubled, enquired how it was with him? He said, "Tomorrow I will speak with you;" and desired him to bring a candle. That night he went to bed: the next morning calling early to his landlord, said, "I have sad news to tell you, our friends that were together in arms, appearing for Christ's interest, are now broken, killed, taken, and fled every man."—He said, "Why do you speak so? There is a great part of our friends prisoners in Edinburgh."—About 48 hours thereafter, they were fully confirmed in the truth of it.

5. this, in June 1673, he was taken by Major Cockburn, in the house of Knockdow, in Carrick, who constrained him to tarry all night. Mr. Peden told him, that it would be a dear night's quarters to them both. Accordingly they were both carried prisoners to Edinburgh. Hugh Ferguson was fined in a thousand marks, for resetting, harbouring, and