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happy that wan well through at Pentland, Bothwel, and Airdmoſs, and wan fairly off the ſtage and got martyrdom for Chriſt: for the miniſters will cut off many of the moſt ſerious and zealous godly at the web's end; but I will be hid in a grave" They enquired what would become of the teſtimony of the Church of Scotland? Then he plucked the bonnet off his head, and threw it from him, ſaying, "See ye how my bonnet lies? The ſworn to, and ſealed teſtimony of the Church of Scotland will fall from among the hands of all parties, and will lie as cloſe upon the ground as ye ſee my bonnet lie." How lamentably is this accomplished, to the obſervation of all who ſee with half an eye!
32. At this time it was ſeldom that Mr. Peden could be prevailed with to preach, frequently anſwering and adviſing people to pray meikle, ſaying, "It was praying-folk that would win through the ſtorm: they would get preaching both meikle and good, but not meikle good of it, until judgments be poured out, to make the land deſolate." And at other tines, "We needed not to look for a great or good day of the goſpel, until the ſword of the Frenches were amongſt us, to make a dreadful ſlaughter; and after that, braw good days" He and Mr. Donald Cargill ſaw as it had been with one eye, and ſpake with one breath; and, frequently, when they preſſed him to preach, he had the ſame expreſſions in his anſwers
33. There were three lads murdered at Wigtown, and at the ſame time he was praying at Craigmyne, many miles diſtant: He cried out, "There is a bloody ſacrifice put up this day at Wigtown." Theſe were the lads of Kirkelly: And thoſe who lived near, knew not of it, till it was paſt. I had this account from William M'Dougal, an old man in Ferrytown, near Wigtown, worthy of credit, who was preſent.
34 After this, in Auchengroech-muirs, in Nithſdale, Captain John Matthiſon and others being with him, they were alarmed that the enemies were coming faſt
