Diary of Alexander Jaffray, provost of Aberdeen

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The 19tli day, I was earnestly seeking of the Lord,
his direction in my journey north, (and the more so,
my health not being wholly recovered, and my phy-
sician and other friends being against my journey,) —
that he would abide with my family, and be a God and
a Father to them, and go with me where I am going ;
promising, by his grace, to observe and be thankful
for his presence.
The 20th day, I took my journey, and came that
night safely to Brunt Island [Burntisland,] and from
thence to Kirkaldie, [proceeding] the next day to
Dundee. The 26th day, I came to Aberdeen, in bet-
ter health than I expected, and found my friends
there well. The Lord help me to be thankful, and to
walk humbly with my God, and to remember my
promise, of observing his kindness and providence to
me in this journey !
The 27th day, I was informed of the sinful and
scandalous fall of Jane Kamsey, who was sometime
a professor, and one that walked with us in fellow-
ship in this place; her carriage was light and un-
christian before, but now her fall [was worse.] O what
matter of grief and heaviness of heart ought it to be
to professors here, that God should be so offended !
and what matter of fear does it administer for those
that stand, to take heed lest they fall ! for the devil is
very busy, and we weak.
The 28th day, 1 visited that gracious woman,
Elsinet Smith.
The 11th of September, I was desiring the Lord
to order my thoughts of returning; having now,
by his good hand with me, come to some point in my
affairs, so that 1 may think upon the time and man-
ner of returning. 1 was also desiring to be helped,