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the horſe.--I never love to ride but when I find the ſpurs. I know not what I have to do amongſt you this night; I wiſh it may be for your good, for it will be the laſt.—It is long ſince it was our deſire to God, to have you taken off our hand, and now he is granting us our deſire. There are four or five things I have to tell you this night, Firſt, A bloody ſword, a bloody ſword for thee O Scotland, that ſhall tear the hearts of many. Secondly, Many miles ſhall you travel, and ſhall ſee nothing but deſolations and ruinous waſtes in thee, O Scotland. Thirdly, The fertileſt places in Scotland ſhall be as waſte and deſolate as the mountains. Fourthly, The women with child ſhall be ript up and daſhed to pieces. Fifthly, Many a conventicle has God had in thee O Scotland! but, ere long, God will have a conventicle that will make Scotland to tremble.-Many a preaching has God wared upon thee, but ere long God's judgments ſhall be as frequent as theſe precious meetings were, wherein he ſent forth his faithful ſervants, to give faithful warning of the hazard of thy apoſtacy from God, in breaking, burning and burying his Covenant; perſecuting, ſlighting and contemning the goſpel; ſhedding the precious blood of his ſaints and ſervants.--God ſent forth a Welwood, a Kid and a King, a Cameron and a Cargil, and others, to preach to thee; but, ere long, God ſhall preach to thee by fire and a b'oody ſword! God wilt let none of theſe men's words fall to the ground, that he ſent forth with a commiſſion to preach theſe things in his name: He will not let one ſentence fall to the ground, but they will have a ſad accompliſhment, to the ſad experience of many." In his prayer after ſermon, he ſaid, "Lord, thou haſt been both good and kind to auld Sandy, through a long tract of time, and given him many years in thy ſervice, which has been but as ſo many months; but now he is tired of thy world, and hath done all the good in it that he will do; let him win away with the honeſty he has, for he will gather no more."
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