to be much in prayer, and much in communion with God, he ſaid, 'My honourable Maſter and lovely Lord, my great royal King hath not a match in heaven nor in earth. I have my own guilt, like other ſinful men; but he hath pardoned, loved, waſhed, and given me joy unſpeakable and full of glory. I repent not that ever I owned his cauſe. Theſe whom ye call Proteſters, are the witneſſes of Jeſus Chriſt. I hope never to depart from that cauſe, nor ſide with thoſe that have burnt the cauſes of God's wrath. They have broken their covenant oftener than once or twice; but I believe the Lord will build Zion, and repair the waſte places of Jacob. Oh ! to obtain mercy to wreſtle with God, for their eternal ſalvation. As for this preſbytery, it hath ſtood in oppoſition to me theſe years paſt. I have my record in heaven, I had no particular end in view, but was ſeeking the honour of God, the thriving of the goſpel in this place, and the good of the new college, that ſociety which I have left upon the Lord. What perſonal wrongs they have done me, and what grief they have occaſioned to me, I heartily forgive them, and deſire mercy to wreſtle with God for mercy to them, and for the ſalvation of them all.'
The ſame day, Meſſrs. James M'Gill, John Wardlaw, William Vilant, and Alexander Wed- erburn, all members of the ſame preſbytery with him, coming to viſit him, he made them welcome, and ſaid, 'My Lord and Maſter is the chief of ten houſand; none is comparable to him in heaven or aith. Dear brethren, do all for him ; preach for Chriſt, pray for Chriſt, feed the flock committed your charge for Chriſt: do all for Chriſt: beware of men-pleaſing ; there is too much of it amongſt us. The new college hath broke my heart, can ſay nothing of it; I have left it upon the Lord of the houſe, and it hath been, and ſtill is
