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head was in a houſe alone, at a diſtance from the reſt, and in the morning was a dark miſt, and he knew not whither to go, or where to find them only he heard him ſpeak of the name of a place where he was to baptize ſome children; he gave a ſixpence to a lad to conduct him to that place, which was ſix miles diſtant: When he came, he was praying. After baptiſm, he came to John, and ſaid, "Poor ſtraying ſheep, how came you to ſtray from the rest? I had a troubled morning for you! Do not thus again, otherwiſe it will fare the worſe with you."
30. About this time, he and John Clark, who ordinarily was called Little John, were in a cave in Galloway, and had wanted meat and drink long: He ſaid, "John, better be thruſt through with the ſword, than pine away with hunger; the earth and the fulneſs thereof, belongs to my Maſter, and I have a right to as much of it as will keep me from fainting under his ſervice; go to ſuch a houſe, and tell them plainly that I have wanted meat ſo long, and they will willingly give it" Said John, "Sir, I am not willing to leave you in this place yourſelf, for ſome have been frighted by the devil in this cave." "No, no, John, ſaid he, you need not fear that, I will take my venture of him for a time," John went, and the people willingly gave him ſome meat When he came back, he ſaid, "John, it is very hard living in this world, incarnate devils above the earth, and devils beneath the earth! the devil has been here ſince you went away; I have ſent him off in haſte, we will be no more troubled with him this night."
31. A little after this, he being yet in Galloway, John Muirhead and ſome others being with him. John ſaid to him, "This is a very melancholy, weary time;" it being killing time. He replied, "There are more dark weary days to come, when your pulpits will be full of Preſbyterian ministers, and it will turn that dark upon you, that many ſhall not know what to do, whether to hear or forbear; and they ſhall then be reckoned
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