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A85779	The speech of Collonel Hugh Grove, upon the scaffold at Exceter, on Munday last, immediately before his head was severed from his body. With his prayer a little before death, and his declaration and protest to the people, touching a [brace] a [sic] loyal heart, a faithful conscience, a bloody scaffold, and a fatal axe. / Taken by an impartial hand, and transmitted to the press, to the end, it might be printed, published, and dispierced, throughout the three nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland.	Grove, Hugh, d. 1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing G2246; Thomason E838_10; ESTC R207437	3,815	8

THE SPEECH OF Collonel HUGH GROVE UPON The Scaffold at Exceter on Munday last immediatly before his head was severed from his Body With his Prayer a little before death and his Declaration and Protest to the People touching a A Loyal Heart A faithful Conscience A Bloody Scaffold And a Fatal Axe TAken by an impartial Hand and transmitted to the Press to the end it might be printed published and dispierced throughout the three Nations of England Scotland and Ireland London Printed for Sam. Burdet 1655. The Speech of Col. Hugh Grove on Munday last at the place of Execution upon the Scaffold immediatly before his head was severed from his body AFter he came upon the Scaffold kissing the Block he said I hope there is no more but this block between me heaven and I hope I shall neither tire in my way nor go out of it and turning to the Rail he spake to the People as followeth Christian Gentlemen and Friends Should I be silent in this great Work and not act my part like a Christian upon this bloody Scaffold some might be so exasperated as to expostulate why this great Judgment is fallen upon me but know I am able to give a better accompt of my moral honesty judgment and execution then my Judgers themselves or you are able to give It is Gods wrath upon me for fins long unrepented of many judgments withstood and mercies slighted therefore God has 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 fruitles● Rod that when by this Rod I have laid down my life by this staff I may be comforted and received into glory And I desire that God Almighty would confer of his infinite and inestimable grace and mercy to those that are the cause of my coming hither to pay this violent death as much mercy as their hearts can wish and truly for my heart I shall not accuse any one of them of malice truly I will not nay I will not think there was any malice in them what other ends there is I know not nor I will not examine but let it be what it will from my very soul I forgive them every one and so the Lord of Heaven bless you all God Almighty be infinite in goodness and mercy to you and direct you in those ways of true obedience to his Commands our great and glorious King that so he may send down his Spirit of Peace and Concord unite the hearts of all his Subjects on Earth I take it for an honour and I owe thankfulnesse to those under whose power I am that they have sent me to a place however of punishment yet of some honour to die a death somewhat worthy of my blood answerable to my birth and this courtesie of theirs hath much helped towards the pacification of my mind I am not the first that hath suffered in this kind it is the common portion of us all while we are in this life to err Righteous Judgment we must wait for in another place for here we are very subject to be mis-judged one of another For my Death I here acquit all the world and beseech the Lord God of Heaven heartily to forgive them that are accessary to it As for my Native Countrey I wish it all the prosperity and happiness in the World I did it living and now dying it is my wish I do most humbly recommend this to every one that hears me and desire they would lay their hands upon their hearts and consider seriously whether the beginning of the happiness and reformation of a people should be written in Letters of blood consider this when you are at your homes and let me be never so unhappy as that the last drop of my blood should rise up in Judgment against any one of you but I fear you are in a wrong way That debt I owe to Nature to pay it upon the score of a subject doth hold forth somewhat of Innocency O what a sad thing it is when Loyalty must be accounted not onely a Sin but a Crime may a Crime of so vast and boundless extent that nothing can appease and satisfie the wrath and indignation thereof but Life it self Blessed be God that he hath thought me worthy to suffer for my integrity and faithfulness towards my Master and blessed be his Name who hath filled me with such extasies of Heaven that I thing long till I am arrived at Tabernacle which leads to Eternal Glory As touching my Religion I profess that I die a true and obedient Son to the Church of England wherein I was born and in which I was bred peace and prosperity be ever to it I have alwayes been fearful of offending Almighty God according to the grace he hath given me and my Allegeance hath been incorporated into my Religion Blessed be Almighty God that hath called me to the knowledge of him and this ready Obedience which I pray and mercifully accepting of my Saviour and patient Death And I beseech you all whatsoever you are That you will accompany me with your prayers whereby my soul may be assisted within me in that passage to my Saviour whither I am a going And turning to two Ministers upon the Scaffold said I have a good Cause and a gracious God on my side Minister Sir There is but one stage more this stage is turbulent troublesome it is a short one but you may consider it will soon carry you a very great way it will carry you from earth to heaven and there you shall find a great deal of cordial joy and comfort Col. I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Being where no disturbance can be Min. You are exchanged from a temporal Being to an eternal Being a good exchange And I humbly beseech God that you may now with a holy and Christian courage give up your soul to the hand of your faithful Creator and gracious Redeemer and not be dismayed with the apprehension of any terrors of this death Col. Truly Sir I do take you in mine Arms and I bless God for it I do not fear I have an assurance that is grounded here laying his hand upon his heart which gives me more joy then ever I had this is my Protest I dissemble not my words Min. Sir it is a marvellous great satisfaction that at this last hour you can say so I beseech the Lord for his eternal mercy strengthen your Faith that in the very moment of your Dissolution you may ses the Arms of the Lord Jesus stretched out ready to receive your soul I doubt not Sir but you now behold with the Eye of Faith the Son of Righteousnesse shining upon your soul and will cheerfully submit unto him who hath redeemed us through his blood even the blood of Jesus Christ that you may appear at the Tribunal of God cloathed with the white Robe of his unspotted Righteousnesse the