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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: covenant; who has so deeply corrupted your ways, and seem to reflect on the whole work of reformation from popery these hundred years past, by intimating that the church had need of pardon for the same. As for you, gentlemen, added he, directing himself to the soldiers, I wish the Lord may pardon you for countenancing of this man in this business. One of them scoffingly replied, I Wish we never do a greater fault. Well said Mr. Guthrie, a little sin may damn a man's seul. Mr. Gulhrie's civilities to the soldiers. When this had passed, Mr. Guthrie called for a glass of ale, and craving a blessing himself, drank to the commander of the soldiers: and after they had been civilly entertained by him, they left the house. I have it confidently reported, that Mr. Guthrie, at parting, did signify to the curate, that he apprehended some evident mark of the Lord's displeasure was abiding him for what he was now doing, and seriously warned him to prepare for some stroke coming up- n him very soon. The curate died a little after. Mr. Guthrie's relations, and a worthy old minister yet alive when I wrote this, who was that day at Finwick with him, from whom I have part of this account, do not mind to have heard any thing of this denunciation; but it might faavebeen without their hearing, since none of them were present at parting. Whatever be in this, I am well assured the curate never preached more after he left Finwick. He came into Glasgow, and whether he reached Calder, but four miles from it, I know not; but in a few days he died in great torment of an iliac passion, and his wife and children died all in a year, or thereby; and none belonging to him were left: so hazardous a thing it is to meddle with Christ's sent servants. The Kirk declared vacant. When...

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