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circumſtances. He was no more ſet to work, nor to lie with the lad, and he ſtaid a conſiderable time in that place, and was a bleſſed inſtrument in the converſion of ſome, and civilizing of others, though that pace was noted for a wild, rude people, and the fruit of his labour appears unto this day. There was a ſervant-laſs in that houſe, that he could not look upon but with frowns; and ſometimes when at family-worſhip he ſaid, pointing to her with a frowning countenance, You come from the barn and from the byre, reeking in your luſts, and ſits down ⟨among⟩ us, we do not want you nor none ſuch." At laſt ⟨he⟩ ſaid to William Steel and his wife, "Put that unhappy ⟨laſs⟩ from your houſe, for ſhe will be a ſtain to your family, ⟨for⟩ ſhe is with child and will murder it, and will be ⟨puniſhed⟩ for the ſame. Which accordingly came to paſs; ⟨and⟩ ſhe was burnt at Craig-Fergus, which is the uſual ⟨puniſhment⟩ of murderers of children there. I had this ⟨account⟩ from John Muirhead who ſtaid much in that ⟨houſe⟩, and other Chriſtian people when I was in Ireland.
20 On the ſecond of Auguſt, 1684, he was in a ⟨Chriſtian⟩ Scots woman's house, called Margaret Lumbernor; that day there was an extraordinary ſhower of big ⟨hail⟩, ſuch as he had never ſeen the like. She ſaid, what ⟨can⟩ be the meaning of this extraordinary hail? He ſaid, Within a few years there will be an extraordinary ſtorm ⟨and⟩ ſhower of judgment poured out upon Ireland: but Margaret, you ſhall not live to ſee it. And accordingly ⟨ſhe⟩ died before that rebellion; and the reſt had a ſad ⟨accompliſhment⟩ at Derry, and the water of Boyn.
21. On the ſecond of February, 1685, he was in the ⟨houſe⟩ of one Mr. Vernor, at night he and John Kilpatrick, ⟨Mrs. Vernor's⟩ father, a very old worthy Chriſtian, he ſaid ⟨to⟩ him, "John the world may well want you and me," ⟨John⟩ ſaid, Sir, I have been very fruitleſs and uſeleſs all ⟨my⟩ days, and the world may well want me; but your ⟨death⟩ will be a great loſs. Well John, ſaid he, you and I
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