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A01873	A true declaration of the happy conuersion, contrition, and Christian preparation of Francis Robinson, gentleman Who for counterfetting the great seale of England, was drawen, hang'd, and quartered at Charing-Crosse, on Friday last, being the thirteenth day of Nouember, 1618. Written by Henry Goodcole preacher of the Word of God, and his daily visiter, during his imprisonment in the gaole of Newgate.	Goodcole, Henry, 1586-1641.	1618 (1618)	STC 12013; ESTC S118282	12,965	26

which latey befell a Gentleman by name Francis Robinson well descended educated and fostred tenderly who happening into euill company quickly by the lewde examples and dispositions of others was brought to be as wicked and as bad as themselues for the Deuill doth make wicked men to doe what he cannot doe himselfe that is to bring men to sinne and shame by lewd mens inticings examples and directions to doe as they doe to walke in their steps and wayes of wickednes merrily to passe away their times and dayes whilst here they liue by which tossing carousing and iollitie of life they become altogether forgetfull of God and the meanes of their saluation which to redéeme from the Iawes of Hell a whole world and to late repentance then small auailes Remember O yée youthfull Gallants now your Creator in the dayes of your youth and cast not off the yoke of God from your necke when you are young least he reiect you when your strength and eye-sight faile you that is in your olde age learne to tread now the pathes of his holy wayes if ye would be assured to come to the place of his euerlasting happines for the Lord hateth and vtterly abhorreth all the workes and workers of sinne and iniquitie but those that loue and feare him he maketh much of them That you shall see and say with the Prophet Dauid Psalme 58. verse 10. Doubtlesse there is a God that Iudgeth the Earth that he is a iust God and loueth righteousnes and hateth iniquitie repaying vengeance vnto them that delight in the same my ensuing sequell shall declare vnto you example doth daily testifie and at this present confirmes the same I pray God the wanton and roaring Gallants of this our Age may by them be warned but much it is to be feared they will not If they will not let them take héede as they goe for company they hang not for company wherat for ought I doe perceiue they make a scoffe and scorne to thinke in that manner of dying they dye valiantly when that it is indéed most desperate deuillish and damnable and sauours no whit of the least sparke of Gods grace but of contempt of God and the ripe fruit of Sathans bondslaues which is to commit sinne and to boast and bragge of the same to be the full height of a reprobate soule from which good Lord deliuer vs all Now to confirme you how this Gentleman as he himselfe related to me fell obserue what followeth SO soone as euer he was brought into the Gaole of Newgate he looked round about him and earnestly entreated those that stoode by him to take heede of Papists and euill company for they were the cause of his destruction From the Lodge he was conuayed by the Keepers into the common Gaole where he remained some two houres on Tuesday the tenth day of Nouember from which side he was remoued to the Maister side by Warrant from the right Honorable Sir Henry Mountague Lord Chiefe Iustice of England who for the same was most hartily and humbly thankfull and counted it as well it did deserue a great fauour from my Lord there to sequester him the better to prepare and fit him for his end And that no meanes might be wanting to worke that good worke in him of repentance contrition and assurance of his saluation like a good Samaritane that Honourable and religious Iudge as hée had wounded him by denouncing his iust Iudgement of deserued death which is to flesh and blood most fearefull and vnwelcome yet such was his Honorable care towards him which is worthy of remembrance what lay in his power hee did to comfort him and in nothing more appeared the same then in the sending of my painefull Brother and fellow labourer in Gods worke Maister Pricket who did most grauely and wisely apply to his distressed soule such comfort as that I doe constantly beléeue the lost sheepe was brought home againe to the folde of Iesus Christ. Whereof most constantly Robinson said he was assured for the spirit of God did inwardly confirme the same to him vndoubtedly to beléeue it of which most comfortable words and effectuall working we were most glad and ioyfull that to our weake meanes God rich in mercy had giuen and sent such a blessing and cooperation Thus séeing our industrie and labour begin to prosper to the glory of God the sauing and winning to God a sinfull soule I was bolde to put my Sickle into another mans Haruest and bestowed likewise my poore willing paines and industry with what they were I haue here published and what effect they tooke I praise God I laboured not in vaine but found a hungry and thirstie soule apt and ready to receiue them from my hands and the fruites thereof repentance contrition and faith A relation how we spent Wednesday Euening being the eleuenth of Nouember SO soone as euer I came vnto him he did like a poore sicke and wounded Patient desirous of cure tell his whole griefe not mincingly or sparingly but faithfully and truly that I might the better apply and endeauour to comfort him the beginning of his euils he tolde me and how hée grew worse and worse by degrées the manner he related and as néere as I can from his owne mouth spoken deliuered here the same Wherein as himselfe obserued we may sée the nature of Sinne which if it be not preuented in time how it getteth the masterie of vs and when we would shake off our olde accustomed and habituall sinnes we cannot easily doe it because it cleaueth fast vnto vs that of our selues by no meanes we are able but by the helpe of God who is willing and ready at all times to helpe and succour vs therein if we call and seeke for his sauing health Our conference HIs lamentable downefall thus begun the which O would to God the carelesse and loose liuers within this Citie of London would take notice of namely that he forsooke God first before God forsooke him at which wordes he much lamented that the Deuill had so blinded and deluded him to forsake and deny the profession and faith of the Church of England to embrace and cleaue vnto the Hereticall doctrine of Romish Popery which are but lying vanities and vaine shaddowes no way substantiall for the maine ground-worke of a Christian mans saluation An in-sight whereinto after it pleased God to be so mercifull to grant him hée from the bottome of his heart renounced that false and Antechristian Church of Rome sorrowing nothing more for any thing then for that time that in that Church hée had béene a member and reioycing and ioying in nothing more then that God had opened his eyes to sée his former errors and to giue his heart and soule a light with earnest desiring and thirsting to be accepted againe into the company of the true and faithfull beléeuers of the Church of England which his soule did assure him vndoubtedly was the true Church of God His

without thy blessed ayde would suddainly come and quickly slide to vtter confusion didst not thou in thy great mercy and prouidence daily preuent the same Behold me I humbly pray thée the worke of thy own hands and looke vpon me with the eye of thy aboundant mercy that so thereby thy wrath and fury which iustly by my manifolde sinnes and transgressions I haue deserued may be appeased the remembrance of the multitudes whereof afflicteth me so sorely that I can finde no peace or rest at for they are a weight too heauie for me to beare I am ready to faint and fall vnder them O send me Lord Iesus power from aboue to helpe and support me that I faint not and finally fall vnder them Come vnto mee O my swéet Sauiour come quickly and powre in into this distressed soule of mine thy blessed baulme of thy mercy O stablish my vnconstant heart and wandring thoughts with the comforts of thy frée spirit for in my selfe O Lord my God I finde no comfort at all my conscience doth so accuse me and thy iudgements doe so affright me that without thou in thy aboundant mercy helpe O Lord I vtterly perish Haue mercy vpon me O Lord haue mercy vpon me and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences wash mee and cleanse mee from all my sinnes make me a cleane heart I pray thée and renue a right spirit within me and now let my poore distressed soule with thy heauenly grace be comforted whose onely stay and refuge O Lord thou art for whom haue I in heauen O Lord but only thée and nothing here on earth doth my soule more desire or delight in then in thee and in thy sauing health Forsake mee not therefore who thus flyeth to thee for succour and comfort and vnder the shadow of thy wings to be defended O shelter me vnder the same for who shall worship thée in the pit or graue then let my soule liue and it shall for euer praise thee in the congregation of thy Saints in the land of the euer-liuing Certaine deuout inward comforts by him continually vttered and vsed GRant vnto me O God frée pardon of all my sinnes and remember not the sinnes of my youth as my Ignorance pride wantonnes and lustes of the flesh Grant vnto me Lord Iesus grace at no time to dispaire or distrust of thy fauour and mercy towards mée Grant vnto mée O my God and send into my sad and distressed soule a tast of thy swéete mercy Grant vnto me O swéete and gracious Iesus a willing minde and heart to loue thee onely and grace to pray to thée faithfully Grant vnto me Father of mercy thy gracious assistance inable me to withstand all the Deuils temptations Grant vnto mée O thou the wel-spring and fountaine of all good desires grace to put out of my minde all worldly and vaine cogitations which may now hinder me in thy seruice or in the meanes of my saluation Grant vnto me O blessed Bridegroome of my soule assurance heere that I shall be with thee this day in thy Kingdome of glory Grant vnto me now O thou the life of my soule that though now I am to dye ignomiously yet that I shall rise againe in the day of Resurrection most gloriously and beholde thée in thy perfect glory A Prayer wherein hee was exercised O Father of mercy and God of all consolation whether shall I flia from thée oh where shall my poore distressed and sinfull soule féeke for peace and comfort thus perplexed to come to thée the fountaine of all goodnes and comfort I dare not for I haue sinned against thee onely and committed many most grieuous offences in thy presence which maketh me detestable in thy sight and to flye the same if that I could for feare of thy heauy displeasure To approach thy courts O Lord to pray to thée for mercy or to praise thée O Lord I cannot tell how for I haue béene so accustomed to walke in all euill wayes that now to begin to walke in thy wayes I am not in the least manner able for my tongue is still tyed my heart is still obdurate and rebellious my thoughts are wandring whilest I am in this Tabernacle of my flesh after the vanities of this world Turne me O Lord my God vnto thée and I shall be turned conuert me vnto thée and I shall be conuerted call me home againe vnto thée and take me to thy mercy oh teach me thy statutes and I will kéepe them euen to the end vnty my tongue to praise thée mollifie my heart to loue and feare thée direct and enlighten my will memory and vnderstanding to delight and séeke thée and to loue nothing more then thée and in thy seruice to be busied Thy worke O Lord this onely is fréely thou giuest the same to whom thou pleasest Oh make me my Lord and God I pray thée in the aboundance of thy mercies partaker of the same whose multitude of sinnes makes me thereof vnworthy This Prayer he saide at the time of his Death His continuall prayer and hearty eiaculation O Lord haue mercy vpon me and saue mee for in thee doe I onely put my trust O Thou the Sauiour of all Mankinde and most mercifull Samaritane to thée I now flye in the holes of thy wounds to be sheltred and defended hearken I most humbly pray thée and incline thine eares vnto me and forsake me not euen for thy mercyes sake for my soule wholly trusteth in thée and thy sauing health Thy arrowes O Lord doe sticke fast in me and of thy terrible Iudgements I am sore affraid As thou camest into the world in the fulnes of time to be a Iesus to all Mankinde come now and be my IESUS for thy ayde I lacke as thou camest into the world to be an aduocate for all mankinde become mine now I pray thée Pleade thou my cause O Lord and let not my enemies triumph ouer me but ridde me and deliuer me out of the handes of my enemies euen for thy mercy sake Oh plead for my wickednes thy righteousnes pleade for my disobedience thy obedience pleade for my pardon thy meritorious Death and Passion plead for my blessednes thy accursednes pleade for my life thy death pleade for my weakenes thy all sufficiencie pleade for my wretchednes and misery to haue the long white Roabe of thy Innocency to couer me withall that I being therewith roabed may beholde the glory of thy Tabernacle and beauty of thy holy Temple without which I cannot nor shall not be able to stand but appeare most vile Thy former mercyes shewed to many of thy seruants O Lord imboldens me to approach vnto thee and to lye at thy gates of mercy expecting thy comfortable answer O come vnto me my Lord Iesus come quickly shew vnto me the light of thy countenance and then I shall be whole accept now of my teares and vnfained sorrow and contrition for that I haue offended so good and