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did, and ſent Mr. Thomas Gowans a Scotſman, and one Mr. Paton from the north of Ireland to Dublin, to preſent it to the Lord Lieutenant, the which, when Mr. Peden heard, he ſaid, "Mr. Gowans and his brother Mr. Paton are ſent and gone the devil's errand, but God will arreſt them by the gate" Accordingly Mr. Gowans by the way was ſtruck with a ſore ſickneſs, and Mr. Paton fell from his horſe, and broke or cruſhed his leg, and both of them were detained beyond
expectation. I had this account from ſome worthy Chriſtians when I was in Ireland.
18. In the year 1682, he married John Brown in Kyle, at his own houſe in Prieſthall, that ſingular Chriſtian, upon Marion Weir; after marriage he ſaid to the bride, "Marion, you have got a good man to be your huſband, but you will not enjoy him long; prize his company, and keep linen by you for his winding ſheet, For you will need it, when you are not looking for it, and it will be a bloody one."
This came ſadly to paſs in the beginning of May, 1685, as afterwards ſhall appear.
19. After this in the year 1082, he went to Ireland again, and came to the houſe of William Steel in Glenwharry, in the county of Antrim, he enquired at Mrs. Steel, if ſhe wanted a ſervant for threſhing victual? She ſaid, they did, and enquired what his wages were a-day, or a-week. He ſaid, The common rate was a common rule; to which ſhe aſſented. At night he was put to the barn to bed with the ſervant lad, and that night he ſpent in prayer and groaning, up and down the barn. To-morrow he threſhed victual with the lad, and the next right he ſpent the ſame way; the ſecond day in the morning, the lad ſaid to his miſtreſs, this man ſleeps none, but groans and prays all night; I get no ſleep for him He threſhes very well, and is not ſparing of himſelf, though I think he has not been uſed with it; for he can do nothing to the botteling and ordering of the barn; and when I put the barn in order,
