rally. We ought not to be rash in drawing
conclusions on the occurrences of divine providence; but people could
not help observing that, having a little pretty girl, who was one
moon-shine night playing with the children in the village and a mad dog
came and passed through them all, and bit her; whereof she grew mad, and
it is said was to bleed to death, whereby his name and offspring of a
numerous family of 17 or 18 children became extinct. At last she died in
misery and was buried. Upon his grave the school-boys cast their ashes,
(the school being then in the church) till it became a kind of dunghill,
and so remains to this day. This needed be no observation, were it not
that such a nauseous and infamous monument is suitable enough unto such
nauseous service and an infamous life.--_A--d R--n_.

JOHN GIBB, (from the largeness of his body commonly called meikle John
Gibb) ship-master and sailor in Borrowstoness, set out amongst the most
zealous part of the sufferers; but being but badly founded in principle,
about the year 1681, he associated three men and twenty-six women to
himself, and on a pretence of religious zeal to serve God, took to the
decent places towards the west of Scotland; where from their often
singing the mournful psalms, they were called the sweet singers. But
they had not long continued there, till they fell into fearful
delusions, disowning all but themselves; for, laying more stress upon
their own duties of fasting and devotion than upon the obedience,
satisfaction and righteousness of Christ, they soon came to deny part of
the scripture, and to reject the psalms of David in metre; which began
first to be discovered at Lochgoin in Fenwick parish. But returning
eastwards towards Darmead, faithful Mr. Cargil had a meeting with them,
and used all means with this mad-cap and his hair-brained followers to
convict or reclaim them; but to no purpose. And when some asked his mind
anent them, he said, he was afraid some of them would go great lengths,
but be happily reclaimed; (which came to pass). "But for Gibb, there are
many devils in him (said he), wo be to him; his name will stink while
the world standeth." They were all taken to Edinburgh tolbooth, and
about the first of May gave in a paper to the council, shewing how many
days they had fasted all at once, how they had burnt the psalms,--and
renounced the confession of faith, covenants, reforming acts of
assembly, the names of days, months, &c. These e