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EXAMINATIONS OF PERSONS UNDER SPIRITUAL CONCERN II
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[244/-]1 Mary Scot about 24
Reverand Sir, Befor Mr Whitfild came to Glasgou my time was spent in
nothing but madnes & vainity I would have stay’d at home on Sabath fornon
dresing my self for to go to Church afternons & prepared not my self by
prayer if some aufull despencation had not mov’d me to it such as thunder
or ye like, And qn I went to Church it was only to se & be seen, But took
littel head to qt I heard, as for outbreakings the world neither then nor since
could not nor canot charge me with ym
I reading Mr Whitfilds 2 leters to Bishop Tillitson2 I was much afected
with ye last, so I had a strong inchnation to hear him or he came, The first Text
I heard him preach on was The Lord our Righteousness,3 And acording to
his useuall freedom he said he could say. That ye Lord was his Reighteousnes,
which I was strongly afected with, & stayed so closs with me That I durst not
be qt I had bene before, Prayer then was a pleasure to me [243/2] I stay’d no
more on dresing my self as formerly I heard nine sermons of him in Glasgou &
fouer in Paisly I could no more take up with carnall mirth I was so Ompresed
with sprituall things & the medetation of yt I had heard or Read,
Then after yt i went to Cambuslang on a Monday I heard Mr Macolloch
on thes words. Thy shal look on him whom yy have perced & shal mourn,
But I was not afected with it, which made me to doubt if I was among thes
number fer qoum he was perced, Yet I atendedcloss at Cambslang, & heard
Mr Maculoch on yt Dispisest thou ye Riches of his Rom 2,4 In that sermon
he had a ofer of Christ which I was enabeled to Imbrace & Resolved to go to
yr first sacrament I could get so I went to Kinkintiloch, and heard Mr Rob
on ys words, Rom, ist 17 for yrin is is ye Reighteousnes of God Reveled from
faith to faith about ye end4 of ye sermon he discharged all from coming to ye
Tabell yt had not Imbreced Christ, which put me to a great confusion Because
I was jealeoues I had not done it, I went to ye Tent & sate yr all yt Satarday at
Lenth on persuaded me to go to ye church But againe I went yr [242/3] their
ye last Table was sereving, on Mondy I went to heare but could not with I was
confused, i came home in ye same condition, &c till Mr Whitfild came again
1 In the original document the pages of this account are bound in reverse order, the text
reads sideways, and is in the hand of the respondant (Mary Scot). Page sequence has been
corrected to read in the intended order.
2 First two letters contained in: George Whitefield (1714-70) - evangeUst (1714-70) - evangelist.
Three Lettersfrom the Reverend Mr. G. Whitefield viz., Letter I. To a friend in London, concerning
Archibishop Tillotson: Letter II. To the same, On the same subject: Letter III. To the inhabitants of
Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, concerning their negroes (Philadelphia: Printed
and Sold by B. Franklin, 1740).
3 Jer 23:6,Jer 33:16.
4 Ro 1:17.