sit
down, and having advised with Mr. Frazer of Brae, and some others
present, what could be done for the lad; some were for letting blood,
but Mr Hog said, The prelates have deprived us of money, wherewith to
pay physicians, therefore let us employ him who cures freely, and so
laid it on Mr. Frazer to pray, but he put it back on himself. So after
commanding the distracted person to be still, he prayed fervently for
the poor man, and he was immediately restored to his right mind. This
is faithfully attested by those who were eye and ear witnesses.

_5thly_, Mr. Hog having once gone to see a gracious woman in great
extremity of distress, both of body and mind, he prayed with and for
her, using this remarkable expression among many others, O Lord, rebuke
this temptation, and we in thy name rebuke the same; and immediately the
woman was restored both in body and mind. And yet notwithstanding the
Lord had honoured him in such a manner, it is doubtful if any in his day
more carefully guarded against delusions than he did, it being his
ordinary, whenever he bowed a knee, to request to be saved from
delusions, &c.

But as Mr. Hog was sent of God to be an ambassador of peace to some, so
he was also a messenger of wrath to others. Of which we have several
instances, but none more particular than the following, of a certain
gentleman in the parish, who had one dead in his family, and intended to
bury in the kirk; but on account of the vulgar superstition the general
assembly had by an act discharged the same, and Mr. Hog being a
strenuous defender of the act of the church, the gentleman was
non-plussed what to do; but one William Munro, a strong hectoring
fellow, engaged to make his way good against all opposition, and
succeeded so far that the people with the corpse were entering the
church-yard when Mr. Hog got notice. He went out and set his back to the
door through which the corpse was to pass, and began to reason with the
people to convince them of their error in breaking through good order;
but this had not the desired effect, for the fellow laid violent hands
on Mr. Hog to pull him from the door; but he, having the spirit of a man
as well as of a Christian, turned on his adversary, wrested the key out
of his hand, and told the assailant, Were he to repel force with force,
probably he would be no gainer; and then said to the people, "This man
hath grieved the Spirit of the Lord, and you shall see either his sudden
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