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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58362	Reflections on the papers deliver'd by Mr. Charnock, Mr. King, and Mr. Key, to the sheriffs, on the day of their execution	King, Edward, d. 1696.; Keyes, Thomas, d. 1696.; Charnock, Robert, 1663?-1696.	1696 (1696)	Wing R708; ESTC R200403	4,823	4

REFLECTIONS On the PAPERS Deliver'd by Mr. Charnock Mr. King and Mr. Key To the SHERIFFS On the Day of their Execution Mr. CHERNOCK's Paper THAT I might avoid distractions and be Composed as much as possible at the time of my Execution I thought it much more proper to Communicate This to the Sheriffs than to give my self the Uneasiness of speaking leaving it to them to publish if they should think convenient for the Satisfaction of the World and in what I have to say I have taken as much care as I could to be short that I might not lose time in my greatest Concern As concerning an Invasion intended by King James upon England and that there was certain Intelligence of it from Abroad I presume every body was satisfied and to the facilitating of which I own that my self and some others did agree upon the Undertaking to Attack the Prince of Orange and his Guards for which I am now to Suffer but I think my self obliged by all the Tyes imaginable both of Conscience and Honour to declare That as for any Order or Commission of King James's for Assassinating the Prince of Orange I neither saw nor knew of any but have had frequent Assurances of his having rejected such Proposals when they have been Offer'd I confess I did hear that there was a Commission arrived for Levying of War and which was natural to believe if the King was in such a readiness to come over as was reported bu if there was any such Authority as that I declare I never saw it As to what regards the Body of the Roman Catholicks I must do them this Justice and which I dare be positive in That they had no manner of Knowledge of this Design nor do I believe it was Communicated to any other Party of such as are reputed the King's Friends but carried on meerly by a small Number without the Advice Consent or Privity of any Parties whatsoever I ask forgiveness of all the World for what Offences or Injuries I have done to them and I am I bless Almighty God in perfect Charity with all Mankind Robert Chernocke Mr. KING's Paper I Am now within a few Moments of Eternity brought to this Place by the Just Hand of God in Punishment of all my Crimes but particularly of that of which I have been lately Arraign'd and for which I stand here Condemn'd but I hope that Goodness of God which has given me a Sense of my Wickedness will accept my Repentance and shew Mercy on me which I hope to obtain through the Passion and Merits of my Redeemer upon whom I entirely cast my Self And that I may find his Mercy I think my self oblig'd to do Justice to my Neighbour that so none may suffer wrongfully on my account and therefore as I am soon to answer the Truth of what I say before the Tribunal of God I First declare That I never saw any Order or Commission of King James's promoting the Assassination for which I am Condemn'd Neither do I know of any such Order or Commission Secondly That this Design was not undertaken with any General Knowledge or Approbation of any Body of Men either Catholick or Protestant Lastly That I did not engage in it on Presumption of any King-Killing Principles that cou'd justifie such an Undertaking but was drawn into it by my own Rashness and Passion for which and all other Sins I heartily beseech God to forgive me And I hope that such who think the Misfortune of their Imprisonment or Trouble is deriv'd from my having been engag'd in this Enterprize or such to whom it has any ways given Scandal that they will admit me to their Pardon as I freely and heartily forgive all Mankind In this Disposition of a sincere Repentance and true Charity I commend my Soul into the Hands of God and hope to find Mercy from him And for this I beg all your Prayers Ed. King Mr. KEY 's Paper I Am now going to appear before the Living God I trust in his Mercy that he will forgive all my Sins committed to this last Moment of my Life God is just in all his Judgments and I accept of this Death as the Punishment of my Iniquities I forgive all my Enemies and hope through a Hearty Repentance and the Merits of my Saviour to obtain Mercy Have Mercy on me O Father of Mercy and through thy only Son forgive me all my Sins Thomas Key REFLECTIONS c. IT is no easy task to offer Reflections on what was deliver'd by Men who were to answer it very soon after at a great and just Tribunal But since the observations that do Naturally occur from the reading these Papers lie heavier on the Cause and Party and their Religion and Principles than on the Persons of these unhappy Men I think it is a Charity to the Publick to help all readers to re-examine them with due attention and to make these Remarks on them which are so Just and Obvious that even those who might read them too hastily and with too much partiality to observe them at first will be forc'd to acknowledge on a second reading they are Native and Genuine without putting any Force or Strain on them 1. Mr. Charnock and Mr. King do both confess the Fact and so they have Establish'd the Credit of the Witnesses but with remarkable difference that Mr. King owns that God had given him a sense of his Wickedness and acknowledges the Just Hand of God in his Punishment for that Crime in particular and so desires to find Mercy at his Hand But Mr. Charnock seems not to think so hardly of his share in that design he mentions it without any Words condemning it or importing that he had repented of it So it is plain he thought it was no Sin It is as plain that his Confessor thought so too For as no Man who knows the Principles of that Religion will believe that he would die without Absolution so no Priest who thought it a Mortal Sin could give him Absolution without obliging him to confess the Guilt as well as the Fact And since he has not done that we may well conclude that his Priest thought it was no Sin and so thought him oblig'd to make no other Confession but what might cover the Party Key says nothing at all of the matter but a Criminal who dies without denying that for which he is Condemn'd is presum'd to confess it 2. Both Mr. Charnock and Mr. King deny that they saw or knew of any Order or Commission of King James for the Assassination Mr. Charnock adds that he has had frequent Assurances of his having rejected such proposals when they have been offered It is no great Honour to a Prince that any dare make such proposals to him We have a King who would treat any that should make such Proposals to Him in such a manner as should for ever discourage the attempt for the future When these are frequently made it seems the