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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80117	The araignment of hypocrisie or, a looking-glasse for murderers and adulterers; and all others that profes religion, and make show of holiness, yet deny the power and practice thereof in their lives and conversations. Being a fearfull example of Gods judgements on Mr. Barker, minister of Gods word at Pytchley two miles from Ketterin in Northhamptonshire; who for living in adultery with his neer kinswoman, and concealing the murder of her infant; was with his kinswoman and maid-servant executed at Northampton. With the strange manner of the discovery of that horrid murder; and their several speeches immediately before their deaths.	J. C.	1652 (1652)	Wing C52; Thomason E1290_3; ESTC R208987	8,267	16

THE ARAIGNMENT OF HYPOCRISIE OR A Looking-glasse for Murderers and Adulterers And all others That Profes Religion and make show of Holiness yet deny the Power and Practice thereof in their Lives and Conversations Being a fearfull EXAMPLE of Gods Judgements on Mr. Barker Minister of Gods Word at Pytchley two miles from Ketterin in Norhamptonshire Who For living in Adultery with his neer Kinswoman and concealing the Murder of her Infant was with his Kinswoman and Maid-servant executed at Northampton With the strange manner of the Discovery of that horrid Murder And their severall SPEECHES immediately before their Deaths Printed at London by John Crowch and T.W. 1652. To the Reader IT is not unknown to many in Northamtonshire and else-where how strict a Professor and how much followed this Minister was by many People who were termed Puritanes for his Person and Profession I shall have that Charity as to passe by But for his crime which was Adultery and Murder being the reigning sins of these Times he having already suffered for the same I shall only give you the brief Relation thereof and referr you to his own Speech at his Death He having a neer Kinsman who at his death committed his only Daughter to his care and Tuition who growing to maturity he tempted to his Lust and got her with Chide and the closer to hide his sinne and the shame thereof from the eye of the World and his wronged Wife procured Savin and gave it her to destroy her Childe but that failing he juggl'd so with his Maid-servant that with the help of the Mother they barbarously and inhumanly mudered the same But God that will not let Murder goe unpunished discovered the same by a little Boy who being in an Apple-tree gathering Apples saw Mr. Barker digge the Hole in the Orchard and the Maid-servant bring the Childe and put it therein Vale Thine J. C. THE Arraignment of Hypocrisie Mr. Barker's SPEECH DEar Friends I ought rather to fall a weeping over you then to begin to speak to you but I can do neither as I would for indeed my strength is spent as wel as my time but yet as well as I may God enabling me I will endeavour to give the world satisfaction in clearing my conscience speaking the truth in the discovery of mine offences You know and I think here is none ignorant that two things have brought me to this sad fatal dismal place Murder and Adultery and for the latter of the two I confess my self exceeding faulty I am fouly guilty of Incontinency and I think that in this kind there is not any like me in the world so gross an offendor have I been very unclean wonderfull vile that way although those that knew me did not think I had bin such a wretch It is my fault I confess that brought these two already dead of my family to their end so that I may say I have sinned I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done Let thy hand be against me and my fathers house for I have a long time continued in this gross vile sin of uncleaness and have many times exprest it by wanton words thoughts and actions and that to her who was neer to me neer ally'd to me dear to me that was committed to my care by her dearest friends who hoped better then what hath befallen This odious sin I committed with her that profest Religion that had excellent parts that was well proportioned that was beautifull that had good gifts one that had received much illumination by me and I received much good by her Oh that I might have died to have preserved their lives But oh such a vile wretch I have bin that although I preached against that sin yet I lived in it though I had many checks of conscience and many reproofs by others Sermons that I heard in divers places yet I lived in it and continued so to do and so I am perswaded I should have done till I had dy'd in that sin and been damn'd for that sin if God had not taken this course to bereave me of this great sin my Master-sin my bosom-sin this abominable sin for which I now abhor my self Oh that I could lament and mourn for this sin all other mine offences with tears of blood yea as many as I have done water since my sinning and that against such light and knowledge O that I should live in and love such a sin so long that was a Minister a Preacher one that was noted and followed all the Country over such a man as I in an eminent Calling but my Hypocrisie was very great to live in such a sin such an odious sin such a base course of life under a Cloak of Religion a meer form of Godliness so that it may be justly said of me What hast thou to do to take my Word into thy mouth seeing thou hatest to be reformed Yet was I taken for a sincere and as the World counts them a Puritan-Minister I was taken for a strict godly man but alas there was no such matter in me Beloved I fell into this grievous sin and all other my offences for want of Religion for want of holiness that was the cause of my dangerous falling for had Religion been in me in truth had a good foundation of holines been grounded and setled in my soule I had never so fouly miscarried as I have and been such an offence and offender as I am I have been I confess a great offence to true Religion to the faithfull Ministry and to the holy profession of the Gospel it is true that offences shall come but wo to them by whom the offence commeth and that heavy wo hath overtaken me and falls very sore upon me that I should be a great meanes and cause of scandalizing the truth Oh how is my mind distracted Oh that I could do God some service some honor now at the last Oh that I could convert all you that hear me Oh that the words of a dying man might take impression upon you to work in you a hatred of all sinfull wayes Oh that I could be an instrument of good to you to turn you from your sinful wayes But I know to my grief my fall is that which som do rejoyce in that they may hereby take occasion to jeer sing and rime of it on the Ale-bench Well take it from me and they are the words of a dying man that the falls of the faithfull are the destruction of the wicked Christ himself was set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel But by one miscarriage they will take occasion and liberty to sinne although they destroy themselves Now will such say Come man do not you know how such and such and such strict dissembling Puritans have lived themselves Thus will they encourage themselves and others in all sorts of voluptuous wayes But consider this I beseech you that this your resolv'd plodding on in