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Gargunnock, 27, 86, 349,360.
Gialgow,78, 86, 277-279,
Irvine, 31.

Kilearn, 31, 360.
Kilmarnoch, 31, 86.
Kippen. 348, 360.

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Kirkintilloch, 26, 27, 351.
Killyth, 6, 24-27, 30, 341
-348, 351, 354, 359-
Larbert, 31.

Long-Dreghorn, 31.
The Meufe, 360.

Monyvard, 349, 350.
Murray, 352, 356.
Mutbel, 3:1-317, 349,
350, 357, 360.
Nairn, 360.

St Ninians, 27, 348, 354.
Roffe, 352, 355, 357, 360.
Sintrie, 360.
Torphican, 31.
Torry burne, 352, 355-

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Your! AS cold Water to a thirsty Soul, fo is good News from a far Country: So Solomon obferved in his Day; ther of and fo we find it in ours. And as the Church of will SCOTLAND, for her found Doctrines and pious Spirit exprefs'd in the Writings of her eminent Divines, has been have ever dear to New-England; the intelligent and good People here have always mourn'd for her Declenfions and Adverfities, and rejoiced to hear of her Revivals ases and Profperities. And as our pious People were, laft Summer, greatly refresh'd with the glad Tidings arri

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A Faithful NARRATIVE of the Extraordinary Work of the
SPIRIT OF GOD at Killyth and other Congregations in the love

Neighbourhood.

By JA. ROBE, A.M. Minifter of the Gospel at Kilsyth.
The PREFACE.

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to che ***** IS transporting and astonishing, that after all the great and horrid Provocations we have given the moft High in this Church and Land, by growing Deifm and Infidelity, Carnality and Profanity, Formality and Hypocrify, our bitter *****Envyings and unreafonable Divifions; but moft of all by a general rejecting of the bleffed Son of God by Unbelief, and ufing Gofpel Ordinances contentedly without feeling the Power of them; the Lord hath been fo far from utterly forfaking us, and making our Country defolate by fome deftroying Judgment, that he is in Wrath remembring Mercy, and beginning manifeftly to revive his Work, and help us in fuch a Situation, as was become hopeless and helpless by any humane poffible Means.

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