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1688 at the posthouse in barrowbriggs, and lodged all night at top-
England. cliff at Mr. harpers. Saturday 19th, dined at northallerton at
ye kings head, and lodged all night at Darlingtoun, ye first
toun that way in ye bishopricke of Durham, which is divided
from yorkeshire by ye river tease, at Darlingtoun we lodged
at ye naked boy and post horn, and rested all the lords day,
where in ye fornoon I lectured on psa. 19, and in ye aftarnoon
preached on psa. 19, 7. from Darlington monday 21, we came
and lodged all night at ferryhill. thence 22 dined att Chestar
in the street, and lodged all night in newcastle, the first town in
north umberland ; its situat upon ye river Tyne, betwixt Dar¬
lington and newcastle is the city of Durham, which we only
passed thorow. from newcastle we came to morpath, and
lodged there all night, and thene next night to Anicke, thence
fryday, 25th, dined at belford, and came in to Berwicke at night..
Scotland. Saturday, 26th.—I came to Scotland, and stayed at Black¬
burns in the merce1 till moonday.
Sunday, 27.—I lectured on psa. 19; thence I came to ye
queensferry moondays night, thus god again restored me to-
my freinds and native countrey.
Eden'. Wedensday, May 66th.—I came in to Edenr.
Sunday, June 3d.—I lectured on Isay. 65 to v. 11th, and
preached on heb. 9, 14; two dyetts in Mr. Kirktons meeting
house.2
1 This place is in the parish of Cockburnspath, and is about twenty miles from.
Berwick. At this time it was the property and residence of Robert Brown, one:
of the most steadfast adherents to covenanting principles, and a heavy sufferer for
these. He was fined ^6oo by Middleton’s Parliament in 1662, and ^1200 in
August 1680, for absence from the muster of the king’s troops that marched
against the Covenanters at Bothwell. On the 22d October 1684, along with a
neighbouring laird, Home of Houndwood, he compeared at Duns, before the
Earl of Balcarres, Lord Yester, and William Play of Drummelzier, a circuit court
specially appointed for Berwickshire, to crush the Covenanters. On this occa¬
sion, however, he escaped further penalties, ‘ the lo. understanding by ther
oathes that they were now orderlie, and for ther former withdrawing that they
have been fyned, and have given in bills to the comittee of publick affaires.’
2 Situated on the Castle-hill. James Kirkton, M.A., was born about 1628,
and graduated at Edinburgh University 22d July 1647. He became minister of
the second charge Lanark in 1655, and was translated to Merton in 1657, from
which charge he was ejected in 1662. Went to Holland in 1676, but returned
in 1687, when he was called, with Messrs. Hugh Kennedy, John Law, and’
William Erskine, to take the pastoral charge of the Presbyterians of Edinburgh,.