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watch, and remember, that for the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears."—Asserting, that he had declared the whole counsel of God, and had kept nothing back; and protested that he was free of the blood of all souls. And in the afternoon, he preached on the 32d verse, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them that are sanctified,"— which was a weeping day in that Kirk; the greatest part could not contain themselves; he many times requested them to be silent; but they sorrowed most of all, when he told them, that they should never see his face in that pulpit again.—He continued until night; and when he closed the pulpit-door, he knocked hard upon it three times with his Bible, saying three times over, I arrest in my Master’s name, that never one enter there, but such as come in by the door as I did. Accordingly, neither Curate nor Indulged Minister ever entered that pulpit, until after the Revolution, that a Presbyterian Minister opened it.
I had this account from old persons in that parish, who were witnesses to it, and worthy of all credit.
3. After this he joined with that honest and zealous handful in the year 1666, that was 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, said to him, “Sir, you did well that parted with them, seeing you was persnaded 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, though I should have been cut all to pieces."
