the
conversion of some, and the civilizing of others, &c. There was a
servant lass in that house, whom he could not look upon but with frowns;
and at last he said to the said William Steel and his wife, Put her
away, for she will be a stain to your family; she is with child, and
will murder it, and will be punished for the same. Which accordingly
came to pass; for which she was burnt at Craigfergus; the usual
punishment of malefactor, in that country.

In the year 1684, being in the house of John Slowan in the parish of
Conert, in the same country of Antrim, about 10 o'clock at night sitting
by the fireside, discoursing with some honest people, he started to his
feet, and said, Flee off, Sandy, and hide yourself, for col ---- 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. When
they had made a most inquisitive search without and within the house,
and went round the thorn bush where he was lying praying, they went off
without their prey. He came in and said, And has this gentleman given
poor Sandy such a fright, and other poor things, 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. Which likewise came to
pass; for he soon died in great misery, vermin issuing from all the
pores of his body, with such a nauseous smell that none could enter the
room where he lay.

At another time, when he was in the same parish, one David Cuningham,
minister in the meeting-house there, one Sabbath day broke out into very
bitter reflections upon Mr. Peden. One Mr. Vernon, one of Mr.
Cuningham's elders, being much offended thereat, told Mr. Peden on
Monday what he had said. Mr. Peden, taking a turn in his garden, came
back and charged him to go tell Mr. Cuningham from him, That before
Saturday's night he should be as free of a meeting-house as he was.
Which accordingly came to pass, for he got a charge that same week not
to enter his meeting-house under pain of death.

One time travelling alone in Ireland, being a dark mist, and night
approaching, he was obliged to go to a house belonging to a quaker,
where he begged the favour of his roof all night. The quaker said, Thou
art a stranger, thou art very welcome, and shalt be kindly entertained,
but I cannot wait upon thee, for I am going to the meeting. Mr. Peden
said, I will go along. The quaker said, Thou mayest if tho