 But the weather proved so bad that they were beaten back, and, returning to Scotland, he lived partly in that country and partly in England.Orders were issued in England for his apprehension in 1637, but he escaped to Scotland, and preached for some time in Ayr.He was invited to go to France as chaplain to the regiment of Colonel Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, but after embarking at Leith he was threatened by a soldier whom he had reproved for swearing, and went ashore again.