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Mr Peden was) expecting Sermon: being snow, she and others sat down in the kitchen, at the fire-side; then Mr. Peden came and called for water to wash his hands: When he saw them, he said, For what do you come here, without you had been advertised? for I have nothing prepared for you. They said, O Sir, you must not send us away empty, for we are in a starving condition. He said, I cannot promise you; but if I can get any thing, ye shall not want it. A little while thereafter, he called and said, Let not these people away, for I will come to them shortly. Which he did, and preached upon that text, "The day being far spent, they constrained him to tarry all night." Where he broke out in strange raptures, expressing his fears of the Lord's departure from these lands. He said, England for superstition and profanity, Ireland for security and formality, great shall thy stroke be! For in a few years, ye may travel forty miles in Ireland, and not get a light to your pipe! Which came to pass four years thereafter, in the last rebellion. He said also, O Scotland! many, long and great shall thy judgments be, of all kinds, especially the West and South, for loathing and contempt of the gospel, covenant breaking, burning and burying, and shedding of innocent, precious, dear blood! O! all ye that can pray, tell all the Lord's people to try, by mourning and prayer, to teagle him. O! see if we can teagle him, teagle him, teagle him, especially in Scotland; for we fear he will depart from it. When ended, he said, Take ye that among you, and make a good use of it; for I have gotten it new and fresh out of heaven, having nothing of it this morning. The foresaid John Muirhead, and the said old woman, and others, told me, they were never witnesses to such a day, for many tears, both from preachers and hearers.
20. After this, this old woman longed to be home to Scotland, her husband (whose name was Paton) being in danger, and hearing of such a killing in Scotland, being
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