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A56520	Blood for blood, or, Justice executed for innocent blood-shed being a true narrative of that late horrid murder committed by Mary Cook upon her own and only beloved child, with several remarkable passages preceding the fact, as also what was most worthy observation during her imprisonment, and at her execution / faithfully communicated for publique satisfaction by N. Partridge and J. Sharp ; with a sermon on the same occasion ; with other spectaters and visiters whilst in prison and at her execution.	Partridge, N.; Sharp, J.	1670 (1670)	Wing P630; ESTC R36660	19,984	50

abroad and several reports went as to her self and what should be the causes of that barbarous Act. 1. That the Devil appeared in a personal shape unto her and told her she must either destroy her self or her Child 2. That the day before she went to see one of her other Children at Nurse and would have sent the Nurse forth that so she might have killed that Babe 3. That she was under trouble of mind about Religion with many other things Which for satisfaction to our selves and others and clearing the truth of Gospel-profession as being inconsistant for any true work of the Spirit of God in the conviction of a sinner to leave the soul having begun in the Spirit to end in the flesh Some of those Ministers which went to visit her in the Prison made more than ordinary diligent search into these things And as to the first report she said there was no appearance unto her but the violent Temptation of the Devil and her own wretched and sinfull heart giving way to the Temptation And as to the second she confest she went to see her Child at Nurse upon the Saturday before but it never entered into her heart to conceive a thought of doing that Child any hurt And as to the third her answer was That there was nothing of any Religious Concernment in it but it was that great Discontent which she had conceived in her mind grounded upon her apprehension of exceeding unkindnesses of her Relations unto her although she had never been undutiful unto them but very sparing she was in accusing any but her self And it is not the design of this Narrative to accuse them only to desire they may cal to mind and lay to heart and repent of their neglect of duty towards her wherein they shall any of them be conscious unto themselves of remisness and that all others who shall reade this sad Relation may take warning thereby so to discharge their relative duties that they may not expose their Relations unto Temptations and so when a separation cometh either violent or natural they have cause to mourn all their dayes for their own and their other mens sins But as to her self the sense of her great sin and guilt lay with such weight upon her conscience that Satan used his utmost endeavour to drive her into despair of ever obtaining mercy it being his usual method to present God all mercy to allure men to commit sin and afterwards to present God altogether severity to drive the sinner into despair of God's mercy in the pardon of their sin A great wound lay upon her with respect unto her dear Babe whom she had so inhumanly destroyed Whether her Fact might not hinder the Child's Salvation Much care and pains was taken so to speak as might not in the least extenuate the sence of her guilt and yet to open a door of hope unto her that the eternal state of the Child might be safe notwithstanding her great wickedness through the riches of God's grace which sheweth mercy unto whom he will shew mercy that 18th of Ezekiel ver 24 being read unto her But still she sadly bewailed the horridness of her sin wishing often Oh that she had had more Grace for if it were to do again she would submit to a thousand deaths rather than to commit that sin And her sore trouble now was that her heart was so obdurate that she could not mourn as she should and desired to do and begged that all good people would pray for her And being asked What she desired us to pray unto God for for her her answer was that God would give her a broken and penitent heart She also sadly lamented her distraction by reason of her evil company in the Room with her that hindred both her meditations and addresses to God O it is sad dwelling in the Tents of Kedar and a sore evil to leave our great work to do until the last not knowing what hindrance we may meet with It is inconvenient to cast up our Accounts in a crowd and hurry of business Ever and anon she would sadly bewail her want of the light of God's countenance and it was not to be wondred at that she was so much in the dark having committed such a gross sin against the light of Nature Iniquity separates betwixt us and our God and causeth him to hide his face that it is rarely if ever they recover it though he may in mercy pardon the sin yet he may justly cause the sinner to go mourning and with broken bones to the grave The Sessions now came on and upon the 21th of February she was arraigned and endicted at the Old-Baily and cast for her life Upon the Petition of her Husband she had a weeks time granted her to prepare for her death and being sentenced on Wednesday the second of March to die in Smithfield over against Clothfair-Gate where she formerly lived when she committed that horrid Murder During this time much pains was taken with her continually by skilful and faithful Physicians for her Souls recovery out of the snare of the Devil who had carried her captive at his will and several Books of Mr. Baxters and other Books suitable to her present condition were brought her to reade which she seemed diligently to improve her time in together with the holy Scriptures March 1. being the day before her Execution one Mris. R. H. had an earnest desire to see her and to watch with her that night and through God's mercy it was of great use unto her for her comfort who had now but a little time to live That day being asked If a pardon for life or a pardon for her sin were equally presented to choose one which would she choose she answered If her heart did not deceive her it would be the pardon of her sin O her sin her sin her blood-guiltiness lay with weight upon her but still she cryed out she could not find her heart in that broken and believing frame which she desired it should be in On the same day great pains were taken with her to help her understanding and apprehension both as to the nature of true Repentance and saving Faith to which she with more than former freedom answered That as to Repentance opened unto her she hoped God had given her a sight of her sin and a desire to be truly humbled for it it was her wound she was no more wounded and that she did desire to forsake sin with abhorrence and to loath her self for her sin to lay her mouth in the dust and yet to look up unto the Lord Jesus if so be she might find mercy And as to her Faith she said God had convinced her that her own righteousness was but unrighteousness even as a filthy menstruous cloth and therefore desired out of the sence of her own nothingness and utter emptiness to go out of her self and to rely upon Jesus Christ alone for Righteousness and