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Much about the same time he came to Garfield, in the parish of Mauchlin,
to the house of one Matthew Hog (a smith to trade). He went to his barn,
but thought himself not safe there, foot and horse of the enemy
searching for wanderers (as they were then called). He desired the
favour of his loft, being an old waste house two story high. This he
refused. He then said, Weel, weel, poor man, you will not let me have
the shelter of your roof, but that same house will be your judgment and
ruin yet. Some time after this, the gable of that house fell and killed
both him and his son.

His last sermon was preached in the Collimwood at the water of Air, a
short time before his death. In the preface before this sermon, he said,
There are four or five things I have to tell you this night; and the
1_st_ is, A bloody sword, a bloody sword, a bloody sword for thee, O
Scotland, that shall pierce the hearts of many. 2_dly_, Many miles shall
ye travel and see nothing but desolation and ruinous wastes in thee, O
Scotland. 3_dly_, The fertilest places in Scotland shall be as waste as
the mountains. 4_thly_, The women with child shall be ript up and
dashed in pieces. And 5_thly_, Many a conventicle has God had in thee, O
Scotland, but ere long God will make a conventicle that will make
Scotland tremble. Many a preaching hath God bestowed on thee, but ere
long God's judgment 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, a King, a Cameron, a Cargil and others to preach to
thee, but ere long God shall preach to thee by fire and a bloody sword.
God will let none of these mens words fall to the ground, that he sent
forth with a commission to preach these things in his name, &c. In the
sermon he further said, That a few years after his death there would be
a wonderful alteration of affairs in Britain and Ireland, and Scotland's
persecution should cease; upon which every one would believe the
deliverance was come, and consequently would fall fatally secure; but
you will be all very far mistaken, for both England and Scotland will be
scourged by foreigners, and a set of unhappy men in these lands taking
part with them, before any of you can prete