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11. In the year 1684, he was in Ireland, in the houſe of John Slowan, in the pariſh of Conert, in the county of Antrim; about ten o'clock at night, ſitting at the fire-ſide, diſcourſing with ſome people, ſtarted to his feet, and ſaid, 'Flee, auld Sandie, and hide yourſelf, for Colonel ——— is coming to this houſe to apprehend you; and I adviſe you all to do the like, for they will be here within an hour." Which came to paſs. And when they had made a very narrow ſearch within and without the houſe, and went round the thorn-buſh under which he was lying praying, they went off without their prey. He came in and ſaid, "And has this gentleman (deſigning him by his name) given poor Sandie and thir poor things ſuch a fright? For this night's work, God ſhall give him ſuch a blow within a few days, that all the phyſicians on earth ſhall not be able to cure it."--Which came to paſs; for he died in great miſery, vermin flowing from all the parts of his body, with ſuch a noiſome ſtink, that few could enter the room.
12. About the ſame time, he was in the ſame pariſh and county: One Mr David Cunningham, miniſter there, in the meeting houſe, on a Sabbath-day, broke out in very great reflections on Mr Peden, and theſe that heard him; one Mr. Vernor, one of Mr. Cunninghan's elders, was very much offended at the ſame: he told Mr. Peden on Monday, what Mr. Cunningham had ſaid; Mr. Peden walking in his garden, took a turn about, and came back and charged him to go and tell Mr. Cunningham from him, that before Saturday's night he ſhould be as free of a meeting houſe as he was; which came to paſs: And he was charged that ſame week, not to enter his meeting houſe, under the pain of death. This account, one ⟨John⟩ M'George, in the pariſh of Orr in Galoway, gives who was there preſent.
13. About the ſame time he was in the houſe of the foreſaid John Slowan, who was a great friend to our Scots ſufferers, who fled there from the perſecution here,
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