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went cloſe by his head. All that time Mr. Peden continued in prayer for him alone, and with the reſt, being twelve men; when praying with them, he ſaid, "Lord ſhall the poor lad that is gone our errand, ſeeking bread to ſupport our lives, loſe his? Direct the bullets by his head, however near, let them not touch him; Good Lord, ſpread the lap of thy cloak and cover the poor lad." And in this he was heard and anſwered, ⟨in⟩ that there was a dark cloud of miſt parted him and ⟨them⟩.
26. About this time there was an honeſt poor wife brought him and them ſome bread and milk; when ſeeking a bleſſing he ſaid, "Now in this bloody land, this poor woman has endangered her life in bringing bread to ſupport ours; we cannot pay her for it, but Lord, it is for thy ſake ſhe has brought it; there is no need that ſhe ſhould be a loſer at thy hand; thou giveſt plenty of bread to many that are not ſo worthy of it; giving does not impoveriſh thee, and withholding does not enrich thee; give this poor Wife twenty bonnacks for theſe few." And the Wife ſaid ſeveral times afterwards, ſhe got many bonnacks; ſo that ſhe was never ſo ſtraitened for bread as before.
27. At this time, upon a Sabbath night, he preached in a ſhield or sheep-houſe, in a deſart place; a man ſtanding at the door as he came in, he gripped him, and ſaid, "Where are you going, Sir, go home, you have neither art nor part with us, there will be a black account heard of you ere long" Accordingly, very ſhortly thereafter he went to Edinburgh, and took the black teſt. That night he lectured upon the vii. of Amos, "And I will ſet a plumb line in the midſt of my people Iſrael." He cried out, "Oh! how few of the miniſters of Scotland will anſwer the plumb-line? Lord, ſend us a Welwood, a Cargill, and a Cameron, and ſuch as they, and make us quit of the reſt." And I
