⟨p⟩oor for his poverty; and that for the following rea⟨ſ⟩ons. The great ones were concerned in the making ⟨o⟩f theſe covenants, and the poor alſo; and it ſhall be found that the great ones were concerned in breaking of them, and the poor likewiſe, and both were concern⟨e⟩d in the blood of thoſe, who teſtified againſt the break⟨i⟩ng and burning of theſe covenants.
7. I was at another time allowed to proclaim a commiſſion, withal ſaying, There were miniſters in the place, and a ſet of judicious men and Chriſtians, who were more fit than I, who am both blind and lame: to which I was anſwered as it were with an angry countenance, I have laid thee there for ſeven years on that bed, for that end I have kept thee, which thou wilt not believe: and if thou continue in refuſing, I will ſhew thee examples, both from ſcripture and experience, that I have done to ſuch as would not believe. Then came to my remembrance, what he lad done to the unbelieving lord at the gate of Samaria. Then he preſented the commiſſion to me, go and proclaim a ſacrifice in Bozrah, which ſhall come upon the land of Idumea, which is thee, O wretched Scotland! for I will call the fowls of the air and the beaſts of the field, to eat the fleſh of kings, of captains and of great ones, who have ſhed the blood of my ſervants, that teſtified againſt the breaking of theſe covenants, for I am wounded in my members by this generation, and nothing will heal that wound but a plaiſter of the blood of theſe that wounded me; which plaiſter I am about to make up ſhortly.
8. And at another time I perceived a great army betwixt Girvan and Ayr, all in black, and obſerved a moving towards the land. Again I perceived another army of foot, that came and took up their ground, and they ſtood each of them upon their own ground: and as I was muſing and looking with great concern upon them, I ſaw one all in white, who ſaid, Let not that trouble thee, I will build thee a ſure houſe, better than that of ſons and daughters, ſaith the Lord. Then I heard another ſaying unto me, Be not afraid of that great army, for thou ſhalt ſee them no more. I had not moved my foot ſeven yards, till I ſaw that army fall to
