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expectation. I had this account from ſome worthy Chriſtians when I was in Ireland.
18. In the year 1682, he married John Brown in Kyle, at his own houſe in Prieſthall, that ſingular Chriſtian, upon Marion Weir; after marriage he ſaid to the bride, Marion, you have got a good man to be your huſband, but you will not enjoy him long; prize his company, and keep linen by you for his winding ſheet, for you will need it, when you are not looking for it, and his death will be a bloody one. This came ſadly to paſs in the beginning of May 1685, as afterwards ſhall appear.
19. After this in the year 1682, he went to Ireland again, and came to the houſe of William Steel in Glenwharry, in the county of Antrim, he enquired at Mrs. Steel, if ſhe wanted a ſervant for threſhing victual? She ſaid they did, and enquired what his wages were a-day, or a-week. He ſaid, the common rate was a common rule; to which ſhe aſſented. At night he was put to the barn to bed, with the ſervant lad in the morning, the lad ſaid to his miſtreſs, This man ſleeps none, but groans and prays all night; I get no ſleep for him. He threſhes very well, and is not ſparing of himſelf, though I think he has not been uſed with it; for he can do nothing to the botteling and ordering of the barn; and when I put the barn in order, he goes to ſuch a place, and there he prays for the afflicted Church of Scotland, and names ſo many people in the furnace. He wrought the ſecond day, and his miſtreſs watched and overheard him praying, as the lad had ſaid. At night ſhe deſired her huſband to enquire if he was a Miniſter, which he did, and desired him to be free with him, and he ſhould not only be no enemy to him, but a friend to him. Mr. Peden ſaid, he was not aſhamed of his office; and gave an account of his
