[134] About the time of Middleton's parliament 1661, or 1662, Mr. Wood in company of Mr. Vetch, went into one Glen's shop in Edinburgh to see Sharp, whom he had not seen since he turned bishop.—Sharp discoverning his head to receive the commissioner they had a full view of his face to whom Mr. Wood looked very seriously, and then with much affection uttered these words, "O thou Judas, apostate, traitor, that has betrayed the famous presbyterian church of Scotland to its utter ruin as far as thou canst, if I knew any thing of the mind of God, thou shall not die the ordinary and common death of men." And though this was spoken eighteen years before it was exactly accomplished, anno 1679. See Vetch's large life biography, prior edition, page 471.
[135] Wodrow's history, vol. I. page 208.
[136] See Wodrow's and Crookshank's histories.
[137] Rutherford's letters, part III. let. 66.
[138] After the rest of his brethren were cast out, people so flocked to his sacramental occasions, that the church was so thronged, that each communicant (it is said), had to shew their tokens to the keepers of the door before they got entrance, to prevent disorder and confusion.
[139] Wodrow's history, Vol. I. page 111.
[140] In the form of a crooked boy who laughed in his face, &c, fulfilling of the scriptures, Vol. I. page 357.
[141] His own memoirs, page 11, and 13.
[142] Fulfilling of the scriptures, Vol. I. page 375.
[143] It seems to have been about this time, that Mr. Blair married his first wife Beatrix Hamilton, a very gracious woman, of the house of {illegible}.