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A77386	A Brief account of the behaviour, &c.	Axtel, Daniel, d. 1660.; Carew, John, d. 1660.; Cook, John, d. 1660.; Hacker, Francis, d. 1660.; Harrison, Thomas, 1609-1660.; Jones, John, d. 1660.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.; Scott, Thomas, d. 1660.; Scrope, Adrian, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4503A; ESTC R42468	26,747	41

following Words Col. Axtel's Speech at Tyburn October 12 1660. MR. Sheriff I am now as you see come to the Place of Execution according to my Sentence I desire your Leave that I may speak Freely and without Interruption first to this People and then to God for it is the last I shall speak in this World and I hope it will redound to your Account Mr. Sheriff's Reply Sir you know what the Court prohibited you to speak and what was spoken at the Bar of the Court was there desired therefore 't is needless to repeat it here I hope you will keep to the present Business that concerns you and not go out into Impertinencies and because you have but a little Time spend it to your best Advantage and the Good of the People and then you shall not be interrupted Or to the same Effect Col. Axtel begins I say the very Cause for which I have engaged is contained in this Book of God having the Bible in his Hand both in the Civil and Religious Rights of it which I leave to you giving the Book to Mr. Knowles You see a Dead Man Living and yet I hope I shall Live to all Eternity through the Mediation of Jesus Christ the Mediator of the Covenant of Free-Grace I must truly tell you that before these late Wars it pleased the Lord to call me by his Grace through the Work of the Ministry and afterwards keeping a Day of Humiliation in Fasting and Prayer with Mr. Symon Ash Mr. Love Mr. Woodcock and other Ministers in Laurence-Lane they did so clearly State the Cause of the Parliament that I was fully convinced in my own Conscience of the Justness of the War and thereupon engaged in the Parliament Service which as I did and do believe was the Cause of the Lord I ventred my Life freely for it and now Die for it Then Mr. Sheriff said to this Purpose Sir remember your self Col. Axtel proceeds and after the Work of the Lord was done in England my Lot cast me in the Service of Ireland and I thank the Lord I was serviceable to the English Nation in that Countrey and have discharged my Duty fully according to the Trust committed to me there As for the Fact for which I now suffer it is for Words only for Words and but for Words and the Sentence is already reversed in my own Conscience and it will be reversed by Jesus Christ by and by I pray God from the very Bottom of my Soul to forgive all that have had any Hand in my Death both Witnesses and Jury and the Court that passed Sentence for considering the Doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ as he hath laid it down Matth. 5. 44. It hath been said of Old Time Love your Neighbours and Hate your Enemies but I say unto you Love your Enemies and pray for them that hate and despitefully use you that you may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven I desire according to this Doctrine from the Bottom of my Heart that God would give them true Repentance and not lay their Sin to their Charge nor my Blood which by God's Law and Man's I think could not justly have been brought here to suffer But I bless God I have some comfortable Assurance that I shall be imbraced in the Arms of Christ and have Cause to hope that his Spirit shall carry my Soul into the Father's Hands And if the Glory of this Sunshine be so great the Sun then shining Bright how much more is the Glory of the Son of God who is the Sun of Righteousness I think it convenient to give you some Account of my Faith I believe all Things written in the Old and New Testament in the Principles and Doctrine of a Believers Faith I believe the Blessed Ordinances of Christ that it is our Duty to hear the Word preached to seek unto God in Prayer and to perform Family Duties and to walk in the Communion of Saints and for my own Part I am a Member of a Congregation which I judge to be the Way of Christ and were it for that only I were to Die I could Witness to it which is a Company of Men Born again by his Grace that walk in the Ways of Christ Blameless and Harmeless I Believe Jesus Christ died for Poor Sinners of whom I am Chief as the Apostle Paul saith This is a faithful Saying and worthy of all Acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to save Sinners of whom I am Chief And if the Apostle might say so much more may I My Friends and Countreymen I have Reason to bewail my own unprofitable Life having been very unfruitful unto the People of the Lord the Lord knows I have much fault upon my Heart were it not for the Blood of Christ that cleanseth and washeth me according to his Promise saying I loved you and washed away your Sins in my own Blood for there is no Remission of Sins without the Blood of Christ I desire you all to loath and cast off Sin it were better to Suffer than to Sin it is better to Die than to Sin nothing could grieve our Saviour our but Sin and therefore have a Care of that You and I must meet one Day at the Bar of Christ and the Son of God shall be our Judge for God hath committed all Judgment to the Son That all Men should Honour the Son as they Honour the Father This Day is a resemblance of that Day therefore be serious Beg as much Good to your Immortal Souls as I expect to enjoy by and by I beseech you beg of God that he would save your Souls and omit no Opportunity through the Strength of the Lord to Believe and put your Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ be sure to Labour after Assurance of your Interest in him or else you will be of all Men most miserable for I of Men were most miserable if I had not believed To see the Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living Blessed be the Lord that brings me into this State let the Way or Means be what it will it is God's Sovereignty who made these Creatures to dispose of them how he pleaseth and God hath ordained this Death for me from all Eternity The Lord Christ often prayed Thy Will be done this is the Lord's Will He hath numbred my Days and my Times are in his Hand Many seek the Ruler's Favour but every ones Judgment is from the Lord When Pilate said unto Christ Knowest thou not that I have Power to Crucifie thee Christ answered him Thou couldst have no Power against me except it were given thee from above Therefore I acknowedge the Righteous Hand of God he is Righteous but I am Sinful Therefore will I bear God's Indignation because I have sinned against him It is said of Jesus Christ That for the Joy set before him he endured the Cross and despised the Shame and is set down at the

A Brief Account OF THE BEHAVIOUR c. BY a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of the King's Pretended Judges began at the Old Bailey Octob. 10th 1660 the aforesaid Persons with many others were Sentenc'd to Death of which Tho. Harrison or Major-General Harrison was the First that was Executed which was on Saturday the 13th of October following According to his Sentence he was drawn on a Hurdle from Newgate to Charing-cross where within certain Rales made on Purpose a Gibbet was erected When he came to the sight of the Gallows he was transported with Joy and his Servant asked him how he did He answered Never better in my Life His Servant told him Sir there is a Crown of Glory ready for you O yes Said he I see it When he was taken off the Sledge the Hangman desired him to forgive him I do forgive thee said he with all my Heart as it is a Sin against me and told him he wisht him all Happiness and further said Alas poor Man Thou dost it ignorantly the Lord grant that this Sin may not be laid to thy Charge and putting his Hand into his Pocket gave him all the Money he had and so parting with his Servant hugging of him in his Arms went up the Ladder with an undaunted Countenance Major-Gen Harrison's Speech upon the Ladder Gentlemen I Did not expect to have spoken a Word to you at this Time but seeing there is Silence commanded I will speak something of the Work God hath in Hand in our Days Many of you have been Witnesses of the Finger of God that hath been seen among us of late Years in the Deliverance of his People from their Oppressors and in bringing to Judgment those that were guilty of the Precious Blood of the Dear Servants of the Lord And how God did witness thereto by many wonderful and evident Testimonies as it were immediately from Heaven insomuch that many of our Enemies who were Persons of no mean Quality were forced to confess That God was with us and if God did but stand Neuter they should not value us and therefore seeing the Finger of God hath been pleading this Cause I shall not need to speak much to it In which Work I with others were engaged for the which I do from my Soul bless the Name of God who out of the exceeding Riches of his Grace accounted me worthy to be instrumental in so Glorious a Work and though I am wrongfully charged with Murder and Bloodshed yet I must tell you I have kept a good Conscience both towards God and towards Man I never had Malice against any Man neither did I act maliciously towards any Person but as I judged them to be Enemies to God and his People And the Lord is my Witness that I have done what I did out of the Sincerity of my Heart to the Lord I bless God I have no Guilt upon my Conscience but the Spirit of God beareth Witness that my Actions are acceptable to the Lord through Jesus Christ though I have been compassed about with manifold Infirmities Failings and Inperfections in my Holiest Duties but in this I have Comfort and Consolation that I have Peace with God and do see all my Sins washt away in the Blood of my Dear Saviour And I do declare as before the Lord that I would not be guilty Wittingly nor Willingly of the Blood of the meanest Son no not for Ten Thousand Worlds much less of the Blood of such as I am charged with I have again and again besought the Lord with Tears to make known his Will and Mind unto me concerning it and to this Day he hath rather confirmed me in the Justice of it and therefore I leave it to him and to him I commit my Ways but some that were Eminent in the Work did wickedly turn aside themselves and to set up their Nests on high which caused great Dishonour to the Name of God and the Profession they had made And the Lord knows I could have suffered more than this rather than have fallen in with them in that Iniquity though I was offered what I would if I would have joined with them my Aim in all my Proceedings was the Glory of God and the Good of his People and the Welfare of the whole Common-wealth The People observing him to tremble in his Hands and Legs he taking notice of it said Gentlemen By Reason of some Scoffing that I do hear I judge that some do think I am afraid to Die by the shaking I have in my Hands and Knees I tell you no but it is by Reason of much Blood I have lost in the Wars and many Wounds I have received in my Body which caused this Shaking and Weakness in my Nerves I have had it this Twelve Years I speak this to the Praise and Glory of God he hath carried me above the Fear of Death and I value not my Life because I go to my Father and am assured I shall take it up again Gentlemen Take notice that for being instrumental in that Cause and Interest of the Son of God which hath been pleaded amongst us and which God hath witnessed too by Appeals and wonderful Victories I am brought to this Place to suffer Death this Day and if I had Ten Thousand Lives I could freely and cheerfully lay them down all to Witness to this Matter Oh what am I poor Worm that I should be accounted Worthy to suffer any Thing for the Sake of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I have gone joyfully and willingly many a Time to lay down my Life upon the Account of Christ but never with so much Joy and Freedom as at this Time I do not lay down my Life by constraint but willingly for if I had been minded to have run away I might have had many Opportunities but being so clear in the Thing I durst not turn my Back nor step a Foot out of the Way by Reason I had been engaged in the Service of so Glorious and Great a God however Men presume to call it by hard Names yet I believe e'er it be long the Lord will make it known from Heaven that there was more of God in it than Men are now aware of All the Gods of the Nations are but Idols they have Eyes but see not and Mouths but speak not and cannot save those that trust in them But my God is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords before whom all you here and all Nations are but as the Drop of a Bucket And he will never leave those that truly trust in him unto whose Glory I shall surely go and shall sit on the Right Hand of Christ in Heaven it may be to judge those that have Vnjustly judged me Matth. 25. 33 34. 1 Cor. 6. 2. The Sheriff minding him of the shortness of Time if he had any Thing to say to the People he might He said I do desire as from my own Soul that they

up to him upon the Ladder interrupted him upon which Mr. Scot said Prithee let me alone I have not done and then proceeded in Prayer as followeth That this very Condition to which he is now brought he acknowledgeth is the very Answer of his Prayer before his going out of England Thou knowest Lord he did many times in Prayers and Tears seek thy Bessed Majesty for Counsel and for Advice whether it was his Duty to stay and suffer or to shelter himself abroad and if it were thy Will to take more Honour to thy self by his Suffering than Living thou wouldst be pleased to remand him back again and bring him hither And he hath observed thy Providence checking of his Way and in preserving him all along until he came to this O Blessed Lord thy Poor Creature doth acknowledge that thy Ways to his Poor Soul have been of wonderful Grace and Mercy But Blessed be thy Glorious Name the Great God of Heaven and Earth he hath been pleased to bear him Witness to himself to Angels and to all that hear me this very Day thy Poor Servant that now stands to suffer had Joy and much Consolation from God and from his Cause more than ever he had before I say again to the Praise of the Free Grace of God I Bless his Name he hath engaged me in a Cause not to be repented of I say in a Cause not to be repented of Here the Sheriff interrupted him saying Is this your Prayer Mr. Scot Desiring him to forbear those kind of Expressions Others also told him that he contradicted himself and spoke Blasphemy Then Mr. Scot said I shall say no more but this the Lord I do acknowledge that this very Morning in the Dark Chamber I had very much of the Presence of God and from thence I take Consolation to my self that his Spirit is with me and that he hath Sealed unto my Soul the Decrees of Heaven at least perswaded my Soul that it will be well with me and that I am out of all Danger as to my Eternal Condition and that I shall Live and Reign with him there where all my Sin shall be done away which is the Growing Glory of my Soul and all Tears wip'd away also O Lord remember the Price of Blood that hath been shed for the purchasing of the Civil and Christian Liberties And remember thy Enemies that are not Incorrigible Enemies to thy Truth and Holiness and give them Vnderstanding to see their Error and to turn to thee a Heart Broken and with Humiliation that they may seek God with their whole Heart that they may be a Holy or Immanual Nation a Chosen Generation a Peculiar People Zealous of Good Works Careful to shew forth the Virtue of him that hath called them from Death to Life The Lord call in all that belong to the Election of Grace speedily into that Number Let no Weapon formed against thy Church prosper but Lord remember Zion if it be thy Good Pleasure and repair the Walls of thy Jerusalem O Lord thy Cause lyes near the Hearts of thy People and I bear thee Witness that I have this Income from thee as the Return of their Prayers And that we are supported to bear Witness for thee very Cheerfully and with Satisfaction I desire to be found of thee in Jesus Christ I do now abhor all my Sins and renounce my Services and do account them all as Dung Lord thou knowest I have desired to live that I might serve thee better and love thee more But that I may be with thy self Oh it is infinitely better and to confirm that Testimony which is concerning thy Glorious Will And thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven by me and all thine from henceforth and for evermore Amen Observations on Mr. Scot MEN whose Damnable Actions whilst living never merited from Good Men the smallest Credit being now to be made Sacrifices to Publick Vengeance see how Saint-like they present themselves on the Stage This Man enter'd for a Black Saint in the Calender of Cruelty Something as to Mr. Gregory Clements take as followeth PErhaps some may think it strange that there is so little said as to Mr. Gregory Clement who suffered with the rest therefore this only is to be said more which is known to many that Mr. Clement was very silent both in the Time of his Imprisonment at Newgate and at the Time and Place of his Execution at Charing-Cross only thus it is said that he exprest his Trouble to some Friends in the Prison for yielding so far to the Importunity of his Relations as to plead guilty to the Indictment And though he spoke little at the Place of Execution yet so far as could be judged by some discerning Persons that was near him he departed this Life in Peace The same Day Mr. Ad. Scroop and Mr. John Jones suffered together at the same Place Collonel Scroop's Speech at Execution October 17 1660. YOU see an Object here that hath been in a better Place but howsoever the Lord Jesus Christ hath sent me to this Place I should Die I have no Animosity nor Malice against any Man nor ever had I neither have I any Evil Will to those that brought me hither nor to the Jury that found me Guilty nor Judges that passed Sentence nor to him through whose Means I was brought here to suffer I say once more the Lord forgive him I shall not Name him for I come not hither to reflect upon any Man's Person I will not tell you what my Breeding hath been because it is not good for any Man especially at such a time as this to boast of his Lineage or Breeding but this I shall say that I was Born and Bred a Gentleman As for my Carriage it may be some that look upon me here knows what it hath been Howsoever the Lord knows all and the Lord God is Judge of all and he will judge I shall submit my self to his Judgment which is a Righteous Judgment The Judgment of Men may go Wrong but God's Judgment is Right I shall submit to his Way The Lord he is the Rock of Ages and my Support under this great Weight that is now upon me I look up to him alone the Lord Jesus Christ is my Saviour and my Redeemer I am going into his Arms Blessed be his Name I follow him he is gone before me the same Way therefore it is no Reproach or Shame to follow the Lord Jesus Christ to Die in his Cause for that is it which I judge I am now going to do That which I do desire of you here are a great many Spectators both on the Right Hand and on the Left is that this Day may represent to you the General Day of the Judgment of Christ where you must appear and there every Man must receive according to their Works And at that time it will be known I say at that time it will be known and seen whose

and every one may fear the Lord that they may consider their latter End and so it may be well with them And even for the worst of those that have been most malicious against me from my Soul I would forgive them all so far as any Thing concerns me and so far as it concerns the Cause and Glory of God I leave it for him to plead and as for the Cause of God I am willing to justifie it by my Sufferings according to the good Pleasure of his Will I have been this Morning before I came hither so hurried up and down Stairs the meaning whereof I knew not that my Spirits are almost spent therefore you may not expect much from me Oh the greatness of the Love of God to such a Poor Vile and Nothing-creature as I am What am I that Jesus Christ should shed his Heart's-Blood for me that I might be Happy to all Eternity that I might be made a Son of God and an Heir of Heaven O that Christ should undergo so great Sufferings and Reproaches for me and should not I be willing to lay down my Life and suffer Reproaches for him that hath so loved me Blessed be the Name of God that I have a Life to lose upon so Glorious and so Honourable an Account Then praying to himself with Tears and having ended the Hangman pull'd down his Cap but he thrust it up again saying I have one Word more to the Lord's People that desire to serve him with an upright Heart Let them not think hardly of any of the good Ways of God for all this for I have been near this Seven Years a Suffering Person and have found the Way of God to be a perfect Way his Word a tried Word a Buckler to them that trust in him and will make known his Glorious Arm in the sight of all Nations And though we may suffer hard Things yet he hath a Gracious End and will make for his own Glory and the good End of his People Therefore be cheerful in the Lord your God hold fast that which you have and be not afraid of Suffering for God will make hard and bitter Things sweet and easie to all those that trust in him Keep close to the good Confession you have made of Jesus Christ and look to the Recompence of Reward be not discouraged by Reason of the Cloud that now is upon you for the Sun will shine and God will give a Testimony unto what he hath been doing in a short Time And now I desire to commit my Concernment into the Hands of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ he that hath delivered himself for the Chief of Sinners he that came into the World was made Flesh and was Crucified that hath Loved me and Washed me from my Sins in his own Blood and is Risen again sitting at the Right Hand of God making Intercession for me And as for me Oh who am I Poor Base Vile Worm that God should deal thus by me for this will make me come the sooner into his Glory and to inherit the Kingdom and that Crown prepared for me Oh I have served a good Lord and Master which hath helped me from my Beginning to this Day and hath carried me through many Difficulties Trials Straits and Temptations and hath always been a very present Help in Time of Trouble he hath covered my Head many Times in the Day of Battle By God I have leaped over a Wall by God I have run through a Troop and by my God I will go through this Death and he will make it easie to me Now into thy Hands O Lord Jesus I commit my Spirit After which Sentence was fully Executed on him and his Head set on the South-East End of Westminster-Hall and his Quarters upon the City Gates OBSERVATIONS TO commit Villany unparallell'd and bravely to outface Death is the Badge of a desperate Traytor and an unhappy Christian In this Man's Life I find nothing of Repentance as if the Murther of a King and the Ruin of Church and State were of so slight a Consequence that among Birds of his own Feather Treason becomes Meritorious and his Detestable Death a Glorious Martyrdom He calls it God's Cause nay the very Interest of the Son of God his Usurpation he terms the Fear of the Lord unheard-of Impudence Can God be the Author of Treason Or can Man expect Mercy from God's Hands that voluntarily transgresseth Prosperum felix scelus virtus vocatur was Heathenish Philosophy though without Question a Maxim in the Commonwealth of his Conscience whilst Religion was made the Stalking-horse to his Rebellion Monday following being the 15th of October about the same Hour Mr. John Carew was carried to the same Place of Execution WHen he was brought to the Gibbet before he went up the Ladder his Hands being bound he exhorted several Friends standing by to be faithful unto Death and not to be ashamed of the Cause for which they suffered and they should receive a Crown of Life And further said to a Friend that stood by that he hoped the Truths of the Kingdom which he had Preached up and down would not be the less esteemed for that he now came to Seal it with his Blood Mr. Carew's Speech upon the Ladder TRuly it is not Words nor that which I have to speak in mine own Spirit will Glorifie God or give any Advantage to your Souls or unto me but it is if I may speak a few Words in the Spirit of the Lord and in the Power of his Might and from an Unfeigned Love unto Jesus Christ that would indeed give me an open Entrance and make my Passage very Sweet and a Blessing may be left behind even upon you The first thing indeed that hath been very Weighty and I desire to leave it upon all upon Saints as well upon those that are not acquainted with Jesus Christ that Eternity Immortality and Eternal Life it is a wonderful Thing the Thoughts and Apprehensions of it are able to swallow up a poor Soul We little think what it is he that knows most of God and most of Christ and hath the greatest Measure of the Anointing he little little knows what it is to Appear before the Holy the most Glorious the most Righteous God of Heaven and Earth to stand before his Judgment-Seat before Jesus Christ that is at his Right-hand and where all the Holy Angels are so ashamed because of the Glory of God that they fall down and cover their Faces and cry Holy Holy Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come And therefore if such Glorious Creatures if such Excellent Spirits as these Seraphims and Cherubims be if they do fall down before the Glory and Majesty of this most Excellent and Wonderful God how should Dust and Ashes do And how should they Fear and Tremble to appear before him And there I say think of this and of the Righteousness of God as well as of his

of that Detestable Synod to palliate his Premeditated Treason but being once Seated in the Chariot of Authority he Jehu-like drove on furiously till he had wash'd his Hands in that Innocent and Sacred Blood And so far was he from repenting for his Villany that he was sorry it was beyond his reach to strike one Blow more at Majesty The nex Day viz. Tuesday the 16th of October Mr. John Cooke and Mr. Hugh Peters were carried to their Execution but First of Mr. Cooke the Appointed Time being at Hand HE asked several times if the Sheriff was not come saying Why stayeth the Wheels of his Chariot Why do they drive so heavily I am ready Blessed be God I have nothing to do but to die Word being brought that the Sheriff was come he made haste to be gone and his Wife stepping after him took him by the Arm whereupon he said O do not hinder me from going to Jesus Christ And then with a Cheerful Countenance taking leave of his Friends he went to the Sledge that carried him whereon also was carried the Head of Major-General Thomas Harrison with the Face bare towards him and notwithstanding that Dismal Sight he passed rejoicingly through the Streets as one borne up by that Spirit which Man could not cast down Being come to the Place of Execution when he was taken out of the Sledge he said This is the easiest Chariot that ever I rid in in all my Life Being come upon the Ladder and the Rope put about his Neck he rejoic'd saying Blessed be the Name of God that I am bound for the Sake of Christ Then his Work was to address himself to God and to that End said If you please I shall speak a few Words to God in Prayer Mr. Cook's Prayer before his Speech MOST Glorious Majesty this Day is a Representation of that Great Day when all thy Poor People shall meet together Multitudes Multitudes in the Valley of Derision Thy Poor Poor Servant is now come to pay the Debt which he oweth to Nature Blessed be thy Name that thou hast prepared him for it Blessed be thy name Sweet Jesus Blessed be thy Name O that all thy Poor People that are here if possible may feel something of that Divine Power and Assistance of God that thy Poor Servant now feels at this Time Blessed be thy Name I am a Poor Creature a Poor Sinner and the Lord might justly withdraw from me and leave me to Horror and Searedness if he should deal with me in Justice but this hath not been his Method Blessed be his Name to leave and forsake his Poor Servant Lord let thy Blessing be upon us at this Time and let thy Blessing be upon England and let thy Blessing be upon all these Nations and let thy Blessing be upon all that are here Assist O Lord by thy Divine Power give us to see much of thy Power and let not this Meeting be in vain but let every one here receive Benefit thereby to the Praise and Glory of thy Great Name and the Everlasting Salvation of all our Souls if it be thy Blessed Will through Jesus Christ our Lord Having ended his First Prayer he applies himself to the Sheriff and Spectators in this following Speech Mr. Sheriff and Gentlemen THE most Glorious Sight that ever was seen in the World was our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross and the most Glorious Sight next to that is to see any poor Creature for him in his Cause I desire to speak a few Words briefly to let you understand what a Glorious Work the Lord hath been pleased to accomplish upon my Spirit I bless the Lord I have ransacked into every Corner of my Heart and I have searched into all my Sins Actual and Original Secret and Open Known and Vnknown so far as the Lord hath discovered them to me and I have confessed them all with a Penitential Bleeding Heart and Contrite Spirit Blessed be his Name he hath been pleased to come in abundant Manner and hath been pleased to shew me that the only Remedy is the Blood of Christ and I have Blessed be the Lord applied that Precious Blood to my Poor Soul and have laid hold upon a Christ by a True and Lively Faith and there is a Sweet Calm and Serenity in my Soul and Conscience Blessed Blessed be thy Name I desire to glorifie God and to give him the Glory of all and to take Shame unto my self for any Sins that I have ever committed that I know to be Sin and therefore I desire to rejoice in the God of my Salvation as Isa. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord my Soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath cloathed me with the Garment of Salvation he hath covered me with the Robe of Righteousness as a Bridegroom decketh himself with Ornaments and as a Bride adorneth herself with Jewels even so the Lord delighteth in me And as the Earth bringeth forth her Buds and as the Garden causeth the Things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord will cause Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all Nations And Isa. 43. 9 10. Ye are my Witnesses saith the Lord I do desire to bear a Testimony unto God and to Jesus Christ for Justice and Truth and Righteousness and Holiness The Lord knows I have no Malice upon my Heart against any Man or Woman living upon the Face of the Earth neither against Jury that found me guilty nor Court that passed Sentence I desire freely to forgive every one from the Bottom of my Heart And as concerning this great Dispensation you may it may be desire to hear something of it truly I say as to the King's Majesty I have not any Hard Thoughts concerning him my Prayer shall be for him that his Throne may be upheld by Truth and by Mercy for by Mercy Prov. 23. the Throne is upheld but I must needs say that Poor we have been Bought and Sold by our Brethren as Joseph was Brother hath betray'd Brother to Death and that Scripture is in a great Measure fulfill'd Mat. 10. 21. The Father against the Son and the Son against the Father and Brother shall deliver up Brother to Death I desire for my own Part to kiss the Rod and I do desire if it may please the King's Majesty that no more Blood may be shed after mine it may be the Lord will put it into his own Breast Here is a Poor Brother coming I am afraid that he is not fit to die at this Time I could wish that his Majesty might shew some Mercy The Sheriff interrupted in Words to this Effect Let that alone for the King's Majesty hath Clemency enough for all but his Father's Murtherers Mr. Cook reply'd Then I shall proceed to speak something concerning my Profession and Faith which I Bless the Lord is founded upon the Rock Christ Jesus I do not expect Salvation for any Thing I have ever done but only lay