1709. MR THOMAS BOSTON'. 193 yard with Tome of the minifters, amongft whom there was a man crying under convictions. Mr Min-ray's boy came borne weep- ing. When I came home, within a while I heard that William Biggar was Gck. To-morrow hecontinued fo, which was aflliCtiug to me. I communicated in a tender melted frame, efpecially at the firft. On the Lord's day night, we began to apprehend that William Biggar was in a dangerous cafe. He continued ill on Monday, and we were refolved to feek force help for him, and before fermons got one B. to fee him. Monday after fermons, as I was going out to fee for B. that I might bring. him in to W. Biggar, the fmith called me to fee my borfe More fwelled than before ; and told .me, if the fwelling in its progrefs was as quick downwards as it had been hitherto, he was gone. On Tuefday morning W. Biggar grew better ; the means being fo far bleffed; that hegot out to and lay down in the garden : but my fears were riot removed. Ïn the afternoon he grew warfe, and took his bed again ; whereupon I refolved to fend an express home, though he was not free for it. Accordingly we fent away one on Wednefday. On Thurfday death approached fait; and he died that day. His brother faw him alive, but unable to fpeak. And he was buried on the Friday afternoon. He died in hopes of eternal life, through Jefus Christ. Among his lait words were, ° Farewell, fun, (to the heft of my remembrance), moon, and ftars ; Farewell, dear minister ; ---and Farewell the Bible which lait words efpecially made great impreffion on me. He bleffed God, that ever he had feen my face which was no fmal'l comfort to me, efpecially iu thefe heavy circumstances. Thus the Lord pulled from me a good man, a comfortable fellow- labourer, and a fupporter, or rather the fupporter of me in my troubles in this place. He was always a friend to minifters, a faft friend to my predeceffor, which helped to complete the ruin of his means. Though he was a poor mán, yet he had always a brow for a good caufe, and was a faithful, ufeful elder ; and as he was very ready to reprove fin, fo he had a singular dexterity in the matte of admonition and reproof, to fpeak a.weird upon, the wheels, foas to convince with a certain fiveetnefs, that it was hard to take his reproofs ill. Much of that time I had a very ill habit of body, and wondered how I waskept upunder the burden, It was a complication of griefs ; 1. To his poor widow and children ; 2. To Mr Murray and his family, who fpared neither trouble nor expence ; a.. To me and my family. My part of it was, 1. That he died abroad in my company at a facrament; 2. The great lofs of him as to the Lord's work in the parish, and particularly in his quarter, the molt unruly of the parish ; 3. He had been one of twowitneffes to an instrument l had taken in the cafe of force teinds due to me, which instrument had not come to my hand extended before we went away. That night I went. to Penpont, I faid in a jest, It is like we would be more Aar
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