ruther,) of old had great woods with wild beasts, fra quhi dwellings and hills were designed; as Woolstruther, Roe Hindside, Hartlaw, and Harelaw." (W. 5, 17. p. 208 Library.) It was stated before, (see p. 10, note,) th brother, Mr. James Veitch, was appointed to answer the ments against hearing the indulged ministers. In the Ad Library is a MS. entitled "Ane Sober Inquirie into the lav of the presbyterian ministers their acceptance of a libe preach the gospel upon the indulgence, and the people's to hear them. By Mr. James Veitch, minister at Mau 41 pages in fours. (Rob. III. 5, 9. art. 16.) *"1693. March 27. Jennet Veitch." (Register of Bu the Parish of Peebles.) END OF THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM VEITCH. OF GEORGE BRYSSO BEING now of a good old age,* and nea nity, I thought it my duty to leave some of God's providence towards me, in the my pilgrimage, which I think may be my children, and other Christian frie may have occasion to read the same, to know how kind the Lord hath been to pilgrimage-state here, travelling thro wilderness-condition, that so they may raged to keep the Lord's way, who hat derfully protected me in every step of m And Oh! that I could speak aright to mendation of the riches of his great and mercy towards me, who am less least of all his mercies. * He appears to have been born about the year subsequent note near the conclusion of the Memoir. But it AND first, I acknowledge I was conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity, and did, for a considerable time, live in a state of nature, without any thing of the knowledge of God. pleased him, who calleth whom he will, and by what means seemeth good in his sight, to make me at length to see my lost state. And this the Lord did by letting Satan loose upon me, who assaulted me with dreadful temptations and blasphemous suggestions, whereby I was almost driven to utter despair; in which lamentable condition I was kept for several years, meeting with nothing but fearful assaults from the enemy. At that time I was a stranger to pure gospel-ordinances, administered by faithful ambassadors, till at length God cast my lot to be apprentice in the city of Edinburgh, in a family where there were two godly servants. And I began to observe that their practice was not like the rest of the family, they retiring alone on the Sabbath, when they came from any place where they had been hearing sermon, which was very private at that time, there being then a great persecution against the serious seekers of God. I began to think with myself, that the way these two took was different from the rest of the family, and that I had never known any thing of the ways of God as yet: whereupon I did impart my mind to one of them, and desired that he would take me to hear some of his ministers that |