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THE Life and Prophecies C F Mr. Alexander Peden, Late Minider Of THE Life and Prophecies C F Mr. Alexander Peden, Late Minider of the Gospel At NEW GLEN LUCE, is GALLOWAY. In Two Parts. T9 WHICH IS ADDED, His R emarkable Letter to the Prisoners in Dunnotar Castle, July 1685. FiLKJRK: MINTED BY T. JOHNS fON. 1 P.io. ifc ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '•f* % THE LIFE AND PROPHECIES OF Mr. Alexander Peden. —000000^4*000000 'R. ALEXANDER PEDEN was br>rn In ttie pafifh Sot ft» in the ShcrilPdom M' rf-Avr ^Atur thst he paft hla conrfe at 'he College, »e was employed for feme time to be Scho.h Mafter, P-eceuter, atid SefTiott - Cl«rk, to Mr Jubo Gu'h:ie, M&er of the Gofpel at Tarboltoo. When he wa« about to enter on the Minia.y, a young woman fell with child, in adultery, to a fervant in the houfe where he ftayed: when flic found herfelf to be fo, fte told the father of it; who faid. I’ll run for it, and go to Ireland ; fathcr t on h * r°p±n he Ms more to help you to bring it up (he fa i^ a fmallheritage) than I have. The fame dat that . f t V u ;-,-r to hcence Mr. Peoen to be tcry and fa-.d, I hear r u _ bini. 1 flm sMlnifter; but do it not, for .Morfe_ He being without at the 'ime, was cahe ' V ’ ; r.or: Li ,et prifed, I car not fp;^ ? ^ fr^f it ,rd God will thought of me, .or I am t R hr vindicate me in his own ^ waj « ^ ^ ,.t walked at a water-fide , w got what I 1 -ither eat nor drink, but faid, ' . f n. , and I Will be Vindicated, and that P ^ ; will pay dear for-it in her ’me, and will mak . ( 3 ) a difnial enl; and for this furfeif of grief that fh? hath given oie, there fhall never one of her fex come into my bofom. And, accordingly, he never mirried. There are various reports of the way that he was vindicated : Some fay, the time the was in child-bwth, Mr. Guthrie charge! her to give account who was the father of that child i and difcharged the women to be helpful to her, until (he did it. Some fay that (lie confeffed ; others, that <he re- mained obftinate. Some of the people, when I made enquiry about it in that cocntryfide, affirmed, that after the Pn-fbytery had been at all pains about it, and could get no fatufaftion, they appointed Mr. Guthrie to give a full relation of the whole before the congregation, which he did ; and the fame dayfather cf the child being prefeni, when he heard.Mr. Gutittle begin to reatt, he ftood up, and debred him to halt, and faid, “ I am the father of that child, and l deured her to father it on Mr. Peden, which has been a great trouble of ccnfci- cuee to me; and I could not get reft, tii! I came home to declare it.” However, it is certain, that after 2j: v.ai married, every ttiirg crcfs to them ; and they went from place to place, and were redeer*' to great poverty. At iaft ILe came to that fame fpot of ground where he flayed upwards of hours, and made away with hrrfeif. a. Af.er this he was three t ears fettled minifter at Kew Giehtdce in Galloway; and when he wa« obliged, by the violence and tyranay of that tmu, to leave that parith, he ieftured upon Aits x:<. 17, to the end. and preached upon the rid. vtrle in the forenopc, “ There- foie watch, and remcntibcr, that for the fpace of tbyj^ yeais, I ceafed not to warn every one, night and «ay, with tears.” AlfertiGg that he had declared ',{j< wbola counfel of God, and had kept nothing back; . pf0. ftlled that he was free of the bio.'d of ail fouls. ^acj vathe afternoon, he preached on the jad verfe, “ .ad row, brethrea, I ccmnoeod you to God, .. nd to the . ord of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give A 2 ( 4 ) you an inheritance among ail them that are fandliged »> .ncm.ebcfita,,; b»t the, forrowe/JiT/ij’ he told them that they fcoald never fee his (ace in that pulpit agam. He continued until nifeht, and when he clofed the puipit daor, he knocked hard upon it three tmteit w.th hss Efbfc, faying three times over, I arreft in jny Matter $ name, that never one enter there, but fuch ^ come in by the,doc*r, as I did. Accordingly, neither curate nor indulged mihifter ever entered that pulpit, unM after the Revolution, that a Preftyteriau Minifter opened. It. I had the account from old perfona in that panth, who were witodTes to it, worthy of all credit. 3 f er thi8 he ain . ,V f- ! I « J ^ tiat haneft and zealous iandful, in the year 1666, that was broken at Pentlaud hills, and came the length of Clyde with them, where be had a melancholy view of their euS, and parted with them there. James Cuhifon, of Paluchamits, my in- former, to whom he told this, he laid to him, “ Sir, you d'd well that fraets-d witii them, feeing you was perfuadcd they would fall and flee before the enemy. Glory, gl0i y to God, that he fent me not to hell immediately ! for i ftould have ftayed-with them, though I thould have been cut all in p'eces.,, 4- That night the Lord’s people fell, and 3ed before the enemy at Pentland hilis, he was in a friend’s hpufe in Carrick, 60 miles from Edinburgh ; his landlord feeing bim mightily troubled, enquired how it-was vvithubim ? He faid. To-morrow I will fpcak with you ^ and defired fome candle. That night he went to bed ; the next morning calling early to his landlord, laid, f have fad news to tell you, onr friends that were together in arms, ap- pearing for Chrift’s intereft, are now broken, killed, taken and fled every man. He faid, Why do you fpeak fo.’ There is a great partef ourfriends prifoe’ers in Edinburgh. About forty-eight hours thereafter, they were fully pQa’ 'armed in the truth of it. ( 5 ) 5. In June ii73. vras taken by Major Cnckbum, in the hoirfe of Hugh Fergufon, of Koockdow, in Carrick, who conftra'.nrd him to tarry ail night. Mr. Peden told him, that it would be a dear night's quarters to them both. Accordingly, they were carried prifoners to Edinburgh. Hugh Fergufon was fined in aihoufaud merks, for relet- ting harbouring, and convening with him. The Council ordered fifty pounds fterling to be paid to the Major, out of the fines, and ordained him to divide ay pounds fter. among the party that apprehended him. Some time after examination, he was fent prifoner to the Bafs, where, and at Edinburgh, he remained until December i6f$, i that he was baalihed. 6. While prifoaer in the Bafs, one Sabbath morning, being about the p-ib ic worihip of G d, a young lals, aoout 15 or i4 years of age, came to the chamber door, tnockiag with loud laughter: He laid, Poor thing, them mocks and laughs at the woriinp of God, but, ere long, Gao lltail wr te loch a fudden and furprifing judgment on thee, tnat ifcail ftay thy laughing, and thou fhalt not c cape it. Shortly ai:er, flie was walking upon the rtscb, an a th._re came a Wall of wind, which fweeped her info t. - <ea, where Ihe periihed. While prifoher there, one oay wa.k.ng upon the rock fome foldiera paffing by him, one ot them faid, Efevil take him i Fy, fy, poor roan, faid Ee, thou knoweft not what thou art ftymg; but them wilt repent that. At which word the foldier fiord aftonifbed ! a*d went to the guard diftratfed, crying out alcud for r lMea> hfwg, Tae devil would immediately take im a\/ay . lie came to him again, and found him in bit tight caind, under deep convictions of great guilt t he guaru being to change, the yde fired him to goto hi* arms- c rctufed, aud faid, he would lift no arms a gain ft Tefiis nritt a caufe, and per&cute his people, he had done that too long f ne governor threatened him with death next day uy tea of the clock; he coufideniiy faid, three times, though it: Ibould tear all his body in pieces, he (houid A 3 (^) ...v,r nft arms tV,t w*y. A'bout three day* after, the Eonvnor put r.tro out of the garrlfoa, letting h.ra adiore. Me havin ’ a wife atid-children, took a houte in E. fc Lothian, where he became a lingular Chrituaa Mr Peuen told theft aftonifliing tbinga to the fore laid John Cubilon, and othera, wio ir.fotmed me. 7 When brought from the 3rf3 to Edinburgh, and feotence of banilhment pzSid upon him in Dec. Ul*- and Gsty more fellow prifoners, fur the fame csuie t. go to America, never to be teen in Scotland ngam, uudci the pain of death ; after .this feutence was pr ded he fa.d i'tvi.ral titnea, that the ihip was not pet buut ‘^at Ihou^ take him and thefe prifoners to Virginia, or any o.her oi the Engliih plantations in America. One James Kay, n fol -S and grave Chriftian, b^iug one of them, Vib° 1,'eJ fttbr about the Water of Leith, told me, that Mr.
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