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England's black tribunall set forth in the triall of K. Charles I at a High Court of Justice at Westminster-Hall : together with his last speech when he was put to death on the scaffold, January 30, 1648 [i.e. 1649] : to which is added several dying speeches and manner of the putting to death of Earl of Strafford, Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, Duke Hamilton ...
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everlasting blisse and glory it takes us from the miseries of this world and society of sinners to the city of the living God the celestial Jerusalem I blesse God I am thought worthy to suffer for his Name and for so good a cause and if I had a thousand lives I would willingly lay them down for the cause of my King the Lords Anointed the Scripture commands us to fear God and honour the King to be subject to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether to the King as supreme or to those that are in Authority under him I have been alwayes faithfull to my Trust and though I have been most basely accused for betraying Leverpool yet I take God to witnesse it is a most false aspersion for I was then sick in my bed and knew not of the delivering of it till the Officers and Souldiers had done it without my consent and then I was carried prisoner to Sr. John Meldrum afterwards I came down into the country and seeing I could not live quietly at home I was perswaded by Collonel Forbes Colonel Overton Lieutenant Colonel Fairfax whom I took for my good friends to march in their Troops which I did but with intention still to doe my King the best service when occasion was and so I did and I pray God to turn the hearts of all the souldiers unto their lawful Soveraign that this Land may enâ—oy Peace which till then it will never doe and though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee wherefore I trust in God he will not fail me nor forsake me Then he took his Bible and read divers Psalmes fit for his own occasion and consolation and then put up divers prayers some publickly and some privately the publick was this which follows His Prayer WElcome blessed hour the period of my Pilgrimage the term of my Bondage the end of my cares the close of my sins the bound of my travels the goal of my race and the heaven of my hopes I have fought a long fight in much weaknesse I have finished my course though in great faintnesse and the Crown of my joy is that through the strength of thy grace I have both kept the true faith and have fought for my Kings the Lords Annointed's cause without any wavering for which and in which I die I doe willingly resign my flesh I despise the World and I defie the Devil who hath no part nor share in me and now what is my hope my hope Lord Jesu is even in thee for I know that thou my Redeemer livest and that thou wilt immediately receive my Soul and raise up my body also at the last day and I shall see thee in my flesh with these eyes and none other And now O Lord let thy Spirit of comfort help mine infirmities and make supplication for me with sighs and groans that cannot be expressed I submit my self wholly to thy will I commit my Soul to thee as my faithfull Redeemer who hast bought it with thy most precious Blood I confesse to all the world I know no name under heaven by which I may be saved but thine my Jesu my Saviour I renounce all confidence in any merits save thine I thankfully acknowledge all thy blessings I unfainedly bewail all my sins I stedfastly believe all thy promises I heartily forgive all my Enemies I willingly leave all my Friends I utterly loath all earthly comforts and I entirely long for thy coming Come Lord Jesus come quickly Lord Jesus receive my Spirit The Private were to himself his hat being before his eyes after this he put up divers short Ejaculations As I know my Redeemer liveth Father unto thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed it O God thou God of truth Lord Jesus receive my Spirit and many of the like and so he yeelded to Death The Speech of Cornet Michael Blackburn immediately before his Death August 23. 1649. It is expected I should say something and indeed it is my desire to say something and but a little I Am not a Gentleman by birth but my Parents are of an honest quality and condition I was brought up in the Protestant Religion and in that Religion I have lived and in that I now die I have some five or six years since ingaged to this War wherein I had no other end or intention but to doe my King true and faithfull service according to my duty and the dictate of my Conscience I have not done so much service as I desired but I have been always faithfull to him and wish I could have done him more and for his son the King that now is I wonder any man of this Kingdome should have the boldness or impudence to lift up his hand against him to keep him from his Crown whereof he is Heir apparent and hath as good right and title to it by his Birthright as any man living hath of his Inheritance or Possession I pray God blesse him forgive all my Enemies and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit The Speech of Colonel Eusebius Andrews immediately before his Execution on the Scaffold on Tower-hill on Thursday August 22. 1650. being attended on by D. Swadling AS soon as he came upon the Scaffold kissing the block he said I hope there is no more but this Block between me and Heaven and to the Lieutenant of the Tower he said I hope I shall neither tire in my way nor go out of it After he had been a good while upon the Scaffold turning to the rail he speaks to the people as followeth Christian Gentlemen and people Your business hither to day is to see a sad spectacle a man to be in a moment unman'd and cut off in the prime of his years taken from further opportunities of doing good either to himself his friends the Commonwealth or especially to God It seldom happens but upon very good cause And though truly if my general known course of life were but inquired into I may modestly say there is such a moral honesty upon it as some may be so sawcy as to expostulate why this great Judgement is fallen upon me but know I am able to give them and my self an answer and out of this breast am able to give a better account of my Judgement and Execution then my Judges themselves or you are able to give It is Gods wrath upon me for sins long unrepented of many Judgements withstood and mercies slighted therefore God hath whipped me by his severe rod of correction that he might not lose me I pray joyn with me in prayer that it may not be a fruitless rod that when by this rod I have laid down my life by this staffe I may be comforted and received into glory I am very confident by what I have heard since my sentence there is more exception made against proceedings against me then I ever made My Tryers had a Law and the value of that Law is indisputable and for me