u pleasest,
but thou must not trouble us. He said, I shall be civil. When they came
to the meeting (as their custom was) they sat for some time silent, some
with their faces to the wall, and some covered; and, there being a void
in the loft above, there came down the appearance of a raven, and sat on
one man's head, who rose up and spoke with such vehemence, that the foam
flew from his mouth. It went to a second, and he did so likewise. Mr.
Peden, sitting next the landlord, said, Do you not see? You will not
deny yon afterward. He answered, Thou promised to be silent. From a
second it went to a third man's head, who did as the former two. When
they dismissed, on the way home, Mr. Peden said to his landlord, I
always thought there was devilry amongst you, but I never thought that
he had appeared visibly till now I have seen it. O! for the Lord's sake,
quit this way, and flee to the Lord Jesus, in whom there is redemption
thro' his blood, even the forgiveness of all your iniquities. The poor
man fell a-weeping and said, I perceive that God hath sent you to my
house, and put it in your heart to go along with me, and permitted the
devil to appear visibly among us this night. I never saw the like
before; let me have the help of your prayers, for I resolve, through the
Lord's grace, to follow this way no longer. After this he became a
singular Christian; and when dying, blessed the Lord that in mercy he
sent the man of God to his house.

Before he left Ireland, he preached in several places, particularly one
time near the forementioned Mr. Vernon's house in 1685, where he had
made a most clear discovery of the many hardships his fellow-sufferers
were then undergoing in Scotland; and of the death of king Charles, the
news of which came not to Ireland till twenty-four hours thereafter.

After this he longed to be out of Ireland; what through the fearful
apprehension of that dismal rebellion that broke out there about four
years after, and what from a desire he had to take part with the
sufferings of Scotland. And before his departure from thence, he
baptised a child to one John Maxwel a Glasgow-man (who had fled over
from the persecution) which was all the drink-money (as he expressed it)
that he had to leave in Ireland.

After he and twenty Scots sufferers came aboard, he went above deck, and
prayed, (there not being then the least wind) where he made a rehearsal
of times and places when and where the Lord had heard and help