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A93635	The speeches and prayers of Major General Harison, Octob. 13. Mr. John Carew, Octob. 15. Mr. Justice Cooke, Mr. Hugh Peters, Octob. 16. Mr. Tho. Scott, Mr. Gregory Clement, Col. Adrian Scroop, Col. John Jones, Octob. 17. Col. Daniel Axtell, & Col. Fran. Hacker, Oct. 19 the times of their death. Together with severall occasionall speeches and passages in their imprisonment till they came to the place of execution. Faithfully and impartially collected for further satisfaction.	Harrison, Thomas, 1606-1660, attributed name.	1660 (1660)	Wing S4874A; Wing S4874B; Thomason E1053_1; ESTC R202958	82,554	105

to sinne it is beter to die then to sinne nothing could grive our Saviour but sinne and therefore have a care of that you and I must meet one day at the bar of Christ the Son of God shal be our Judge for God hath committed all judgement 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 soules 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 wil be of all men most miserable for I of all men were most miserable if I had not believed to see the goodnesse 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 wil it is Gods soveraignty who made these creatures so to dispose of them how he pleaseth and God hath ordeined this death for me from all eternity The Lord Christ often prayed thy will be done this is the Lords wil. He hath numbred my daies and my times are in his hand Many seek the Rulers favor but every on s judgement is from the Lord. When Pilat said unto Christ Knowest thou not that I have power to crucifie thee Christ answered him thou couldest have no power against me except it were given thee from aboue Therefore I acknowledge the righteous hand of God he is righteous but I am sinful Therefore will I beare Gods 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 right hand of God where I hope to see him by and by in glory and Majesty and to see his Angels and believers worshipping of him and therefore I despise the shame Our Saviour died upon the cross without sinne I am a sinful creature a wretched sinner and shall I expect better then he that was my master he who was holy and never had a sinful thought in all his life and died not for himselfe but for us that we might live through his death that through his poverty we might to made rich And Christ having done this for his people it should not be in their eyes thought a despicable thing that we should suffer for him having been engaged in the work of God But Christ must prevail in righteousness and he wil prevaile Now Mr. Sheriffe I thank you for your civillity and for this leave After this Col. Hacker spoke something privately to him whereupon Col. Axtel said Mr. Shieriffe must we both die together Mr. Shieriffe answered Yes Then Col. Hacker read a paper which he had in his hand a coppy whereof followeth FRiends Country-men all that have known me in my best estate have not known me to have been a man of Oratory and that God hath not given me the gift of utterance as to others therefore I have onely this briefly to say unto you that are spectators As the Parliament stated the war I did out of judgment and conscience joyn with them in the common cause and have through grace been faithfull to it according to my measure And as for that which now I am condemned for I do freely forgive both Judges Jury and Witnesses and all others And I thank the Lord to whom I am now going at whose tribunall I must render an account I have nothing lies upon my conseience as guilt whereof I am now condemned and doe not doubt but to have the sentence reverst I doe now apply my selfe unto God by prayer and doe desire the hearty prayers of all that fear God that I may have a sweet passage from this mortall life to that immortal life which God hath prepared for all that are in Christ Jesus Francis Hacker After the reading of this he desired that Col. Axtell would be both their mouths to God in prayer And then Col. Axtell said I desire all that fear the Lord to hear me with patience and to lift up their hearts to seek the Lord with me that we may have his strength and the presence of his spirit from this world to everlasting life And with a wonderful composed frame of spirit and with an audible voice entred upon the following duty wherein the Lord helped him with excellent expressions suitable to both their conditions The prayer followeth OH blessed Lord the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who art the great God of heaven and earth heaven is thy throne and the earth thy foolstool thou upholdest all things with and by the word of thy power The issues of life and death are in thy hand oh God Blessed Lord we pray thee let us have communion with thy selfe and the glory of thy face let the shining rayes of Christ shine continually upon our souls Lord let there be no interruption between the brightness of thy glory and our souls til we come into the fulness of the possession of it Blessed Lord we desire to take shame before thee and this multitude for all our iniquities and transgressions we were born and came great sinners into the world the root of bitterness was in us that flowed from that bitter fountain Adam but thou O Lord hast been pleased to send the second Adam that as by the sinne of one man death entred into the world so by the obedience and righteousness of one Jesus Christ many should be made righteous Blessed Lord thou knowest all our original guilt all upon our hearts and upon our consciences all our personal defilements and transgressions we pray thee Lord wash them all away in the blood of Jesus Christ Lord we have nothing of our own to rely upon but a Christ for all our goodness and righteousness is but as polluted rags and menstruous cloaths Therefore O Lord thou hast said by the workes of the Law no man shall be justified but by the righteousnesse of Christ Jesus Therefore oh Lord hold out the covenant of grace to poor believers and make Jesus Christ the Mediator of the covenant to perform Gods part to us and our part towards God Oh lord in thee are all our spring thou art the fountain of all grace let us have mercy and pardon from thee Lord it is by grace that any here are saved Thou shouldst be a righteous God if thou shouldest not only suffer us to lye under the condemnation of man but to exclude us from heaven and glory for ever But Lord if thou shouldst be strict to mark iniquity who should stand in thy presence but there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared Lord thou hast said Who is a God like unto thee pardoning iniquity and passing by

Apostacy and ingratitude 2 Pet. 2.21 and sure they will have a peculiar Judgement by themselves for they do openly proclame the cause of Barrabas before the cause of Jesus Peter denyed Christ and Judas betrayed him but it was before his passion and Assention they never saw the wonderful works which our Eyes have beheld but what shall we say if the treachery of Judas help forward the work of our salvation why may we not hope that God is whetting his Tooles and gone back to fetch a greater blow against his oppressors Isaac must not dye though the Knife be at his Throat Gen. 12.14 our case seems to be like theirs under proud Homan the Gallows was erected but the Royal seed preserved Hest 6.13 Numb 23. the story of Baalam is much upon my heart the shout of King Jesus to Reign in Holinesse and Righteousnesse is among his people I hope as much as ever and there is no inchantment against Jacob therefore he must not be afraid I am perswaded we shall fare the better for the thousand curses we had between Chester and London 2 Sam. 16.12 Now having endeavored to satisfie you that the great work is over as to my eternal salvation and my opinion of the goodness of our Cause I shall further entreat your patience to tell you that I am fully convinced that next to that unspeakable gift of Christ the greatest grace and mercy that God can bestow upon any of us is to call for and enable us to lay down our lives upon this account suffering for Christ being a strong Argument of his Electing love Acts 9.15 16. and a greater matter of rejoycing Acts 23.11 be of good cheer Paul therefore he forbids tears for him upon that score Acts. 21.13 and I have charged my poor lamb not to wear any black for me if she have where with to buy it for I shall be in white Revel 6.11 the Apostle rejoyced to be counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ and would not but speak what they saw with the eyes of Faith and heard with the ears of the Spirit Acts 4.20 and the 5.41 and Paul gloried in the tribulation rejoycing in hope of the glory of God Rom. 5 23. and took pleasure in reproaches necessity and persecutions for Christ 2 Cor. 12.10 so Moses Heb. 11.26 for the recompence of reward which is God himself Gen. 15.1 and the times cannot be so full of terrour and discouragement as the Scriptures are full of comfort and incitations in this particular to us the Lords prisoners Mat 5.10.12 why are we sorrowful when Christ bids us to be joyful Mat. 10.25.27 there is no safety but to be on Christs side for the Son of man shall come in his glory and the Saints also Mark 8.33 38. they are not the words of a Child but of Christ not spoken to affright us but for our animadversion Oh this perfidious Generation how will that word be made good to the Amazemeat of our Timerous professors John 16.21 The Axe or a Halter will be lesse pain then the pangs of Child-birth John 15.18 21. we are in nothing to be terrifyed 1 Phil. 28.29 constancy in suffering for good principles is matter of glory in the Churches and Tribulation will be the portion of our troublers 2 Thes 1.4 to the end is very pretious 1 Thes 3.8 we live if yee stand fast in the Lord I know you and my dear Brethren and Sisters are of Pauls mind if I dye in my bed being a Church member you will by the rule of Charity judge me happy I cannot doe you more service then to bear my witnesse in this Cause of Christ wherein you are so much concerned I finde our Text appropriate to our Condition Joh. 12.23 to 27. Christs death was like sowing of Corne which seemed lost but was our life so he that counts not his life dear for Christ though the world count him miserable yet he hath two special promises to be where Christ is and that the Father will honour him it is a following of Christ in Dying for him Actively or in Affection as appears John 13.36 21 19. by a conformity to his death Phil. 3.10 Rev. 14.3 some read which dyed for the Lord as Rev. 20.4 and 19.10 which now is counted as bad as Treason Heb. 12. has an ineffable sweetnesse in it Ch. 11. is the little book of Martyrs 12.1 the spirit sayes follow your leaders he is a Coward that will not follow such free Examples Christ and the Saints behold you and yee are witnesses for Christ as they were but must forsake all sin especially your Dallilaes Herodias and Rimmons and strive against it and ye have need of patience but ye will faint and be weary unlesse yea look unto Jesus and fear not for he is as well the finisher of your Faith as the Father of it he despised the shame what need you care if they say behold the Head or the heart of a traytor when your better part is in heaven and reproves us for being too parsimonious of our blood we must be prepared for suffering eruore sanctorum rigatur Ecclesiae Luther was troubled that he carried his blood to his grave he loved the Christs crosse more then the 24 Letters and loved not half Christians that were onely for doing not for suffering and though our sinne deserve death as from the Lord yet our enemies mind them not they punish us for being judges advocates and souldiers for our Lord Jesus Psal 38.20 And as the spiritual man overcomes the Animal so I am reasoning my self against sence into a willingness to dye for either the times will be better or worse is there not in probability a great floud of Oppression and Persecution coming upon the Godly will not the righteous soule of a just Lot be vexed with the horrible prophanenesse malignity and contempt of Christs pure Ordinances that abounds every where we have heard Justice and Tyranny Truth and Falsehood the forme and the power of Godlinesse pleading together and Judgement was given for God and his people but all seems to be reversed and what was but an injurie or nesciente before is now a formal and material contempt and despight to God and Christ and the spirit of grace in whom soever breathing and what comfort is there in a son if the Ark be taken 1 Sam. 4.20 21. she regarded it not the blessing is to see our children with peace upon Israel Psal 128.5 6. it is a mercy to be taken away from the evil to come Esay 57.1 bestowed upon Josiah as a favour being tender hearted 2 Kings 23.19 t is a rich mercy to get into our heavenly house and harbour before the storm come 2 Cor 5. how much more blessed to give our polluted blood for his sake who shed his most precious blood for us and if the times prove good for civil or sacred liberties Moses envied not those that were to goe into Canaan because he was

desirable things which were expected and longed for by the Lords people and apprehending that God had done his work by them and that he had some more worthy persons to come upon the stage the Lord is my witnesse that I had no self-end in that Action but it was out of the Integrity of my heart as to the Lord. Afterwards when Cromwell and his party did set up themselves in their room I abhorred them and their wayes and suffered imprisonment by reason I would not joyne with them in that iniquity and go against my conscience there is nothing of this also that lyes as Guilt upon me Fourthly Concerning Family-duties and the Observation of the Lord's Day there stands my Servant let him speak to it for he hath lived with me about this Eight years The Servant answered That those reports were very false for his Master was a man in a manner wholly devoted to religious Exercises very frequent in prayer and diligent in expounding the Scriptures to the great comfort and consolation of his whole Family and that he was very zealous in observing the Lord's day Fifthly He said that the Lord's Spirit did witnesse with his spirit That all his sins were done away by Jesus Christ and that he had peace with God and was assured that this was not come upon him for his iniquity They discoursed of many other things but these were the chiefest so far as one then present could afterwards remember He parted very sweetly and lovingly with the said Ministers and they told him that they came then by the desire of the Sheriffe But that they would willingly come again upon a Christian account Many Friends came to visit him whilst he was in that place and found him full of the joy of the Lord so that some apprehended he was cloathed with the Spirit of the Lord. The Sheriff came that morning that he was to die and told him that in half an hour he must be gone He answered that he was ready and would not have him stay at all on his account But the Sheriff left him to stay a little longer and in the mean time he was longing for the Sheriffs coming and as his Friends judged he was in hast to be gone and said he was going about a great work for the Lord that day and that his support was that his sufferings was upon the account of Jehovah the Lord of Hosts he said he looked upon this as a clear answer of his prayers for many a time said he have I begged of the Lord That if he had any hard thing any reproachfull work or contemptible service to be done by his people That I should be imployed in it And now blessed be the Name of God who accounteth me worthy to be put upon this service for my Lord Christ Oh this is nothing to what Christ hath suffered for me He parted with his wife and friends with great joy and chearfulnesse as he did use to doe when going some journey or about some service for the Lord He told his wife he had nothing to leave her but his Bible but that he was assured that God would make up all her losses in due time and desired that those that did love him should manifest their love in being loving and tender to his dear wife Some passages at the Dungeon dore as he came forth The Sheriffe commanding the Keeper to acquaint Mr. Harrison he must go to suffer the Keeper came forth and returned answer that he was ready when he pleased Then the Sheriff commanded the Keeper to fetch him forth so he came forth immediately sooner then was expected running down the Stairs with a smiling countenance by reason of his sudden coming the doore that he was to go up a pair of Stairs at was not opened which occasioned his stay in the Hall till the Keeper could be found and there one Mrs. M. took him by the hand and said with a loud voice Blessed be the great God of Hosts that hath enabled you and called you forth to bear your testimony the God of all grace and peace be with you and keep you faithfull to the death That you may receive a crown of life With that one of the Officers pulled the woman away by the shoulder saying Away with this woman she stands prating here But the Maj. General replied Be not offended with her she speaks Scripture-language So they thrust her away from him and would not permit any to speak more to him in that place Then he spake saying I blesse the Lord that hath called me forth and hath inabled we in the power of his strength to offer my life with satisfaction and cheerfulness in obedience to the will of God I bless the Lord I am full of the manifestation of his love in the Lord Jesus It 's a day of joy to my soul I say God hath enabled me to whom all the powers of the world are but as the drop of a bucket said he I do find so much of the joy of the Lord coming in that he was carried far above the fear of death being going to receive that glorious and incorruptible crown which Christ hath prepared for him Then he was carried into a Room where the common Prisoners were and told them what a sad thing it was to be condemned to die and to want the love and favour of God But it 's not so with me for though I die yet I know I shall live with Christ to all eternity and this is out of the exceeding riches of the grace of God for he it is that maketh the difference For as I am in my self I am a base vile and nothing-creature but compleat in him who is the Head of all Principalities and Powers Poor men I wish you all as well as I doe my own Soul Oh that you did but know Christ his bowells earns towards the greatest of sinners his bloud is sufficient to doe away the deepest iniquity he waiteth to be gracious and is willing to receive all that come unto him Oh therefore labour to come to Christ your time in this world is short and uncertain you are walking upon the brink of eternity and are ready to drop in every moment if you die without the fear of our God you will be miserable for ever ever but if you come to know Christ to be yours it will be your joy and happiness world without end He then put his hands into his pocket and gave them some money and wished them to take heed of sinning against the Lord. And from thence was carried upon the Leads on the top of New gate so that he could see the greatest part of the City he then said The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof and there is nothing hid from his eyes From thence he was carried down two paire of staires where he was tied about the back breast and shoulders he took the rope in his hand and said friends take

the transgressions of the remnant of thy people for thine own names sake Lord it is thy covenant that thou wilt put thy spirit into our hearts and erect thy law in our inward parts and our sins and transgressions thou wilt remember no more Blessed be the Lord for the Lord Jesus Christ for had it not been for a Christ we were undone forever Blessed be our Lord that hath written our names in heaven and given us a portion in Christ in whom we have believed and trusted We humbly beg of thee the pardon of all our personal and family guilt the sins of our publique imployments which thou knowest we have not willingly committed though it may be through infirmity and temptation and the sins of our nature Lord we humbly pray thee let us see our selves justified in the blood of our Lord Jesus that we may say with the Apostle Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect It is God that justifieth us it is Christ that died yea rather that is risen again for our justification He is risen that he might be our advocate intercessor and mediator He is filled with all the fulness of the Godhead to distribute to us according to our need Thou hast promised by the Apostle that God shall supply all our wants according to the riches of his own grace Lord thou wilt have the passover eaten with sowre hearbs and Lord we are contented but Lord thou hast provided sweet Wine for us and hast thou not kept the best Wine and the best of thy divine comforts until now til now to carry us over this bridge and passage from earth to heaven sanctifie this our passage for it is best to have the crosse with the crown they goe together and are inseparable therefore saith our Lord they that wil suffer with me shal also raign with me Deare Lord we pray thee give us a full experience and let thy holy Spirit witness to our souls that we are the children of God and reconciled to thee in the covenant and that we shal through thy Son be glorified with thee Strengthen our faith that we may be purged washed and cleansed and for our justification sanctification and acceptation with the Father Glorious lord we desire to leave our requests with thee on the behalfe of this poor people as the last request we have to beg of thee on this side heaven if there be any here not belonging to Christ and not friends to him Lord convert them and shew them their own undone and miserable estate and give them the pardon of a dying Saviour thy poor servants would not part with a Christ for ten thousand lives Lord make Christ precious to their immortal souls Lord convince them of the evil of their sins and the evil of their own ways and break them off from them and cause them to close with Jesus Christ Thou hast promised that those that come unto him thou wilt not cast off Remember all thy people and help them to persevere in thy grace and love and make them able to hold fast the truth till thou come and to quit themselves like men to stand fast in the faith Blessed Lord we humbly pray thee to have mercy upon that great City the place from whence we came When thou resolvedst to destroy Sodom thy servant Abraham expostulated with thee and thou saidst if there were but ten righteous thou wouldst save it but Lord there are many tens of righteous ones in that City It hath been a place where thou hast been glorified and where many godly Ministers have been encouraged O Lord let it goe wel therefore with that great City and let thy Gospel have free passage in the publique worship of it Bless the government and governours thereof and make them instruments to thy glorious praise We pray thee have respect to the chief Magistrates that are come here by command to see execution done Oh Lord we beg mercy for their soules O that Christ would evidence himself more to their soules and that we might meet in Heaven together and be imbraced in the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ And him that shal be the Executioner must now wash his hands in our blood doe thou wash his soul in the blood of Jesus Christ O lord we pray thee that thou wouldest have pitty upon his soul and let him know what it is to be washed in the blood of Christ that fountain set open for him and for uncleanness Blessed Lord help us thy poor creatures with strength for we have no strength of our own Thy word saith that death is the King of terrours but blessed be thy Name thou hast taken the sting out of it and the poyson from it and therefore as faith the Apostle Oh death then where is thy sting oh grave where is thy victory Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ that hath given us the victory Thou hast said by the Apostle We have the sentence of death in our selves and therefore should not trust in our selves but believe in Christ that raiseth the dead Lord we will not trust in our selves but in the living God Oh my God that art the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob strengthen and support our poor souls Stephen when he was stoned to death saw the Heavens opened and the glory of the Father and of his throne Shall we but see the Face of Jesus Christ bearing up our hearts under all and we shall go through Thou hast promised that thou wilt never never never leave us nor forsake us Thou hast said Who can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus Come life come death or what can separate a believer from Jesus Christ let thy Angels come downe we are perswaded that the Angels are ready to receive our soules and to carry them into thy bosome and into the company of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs and witnesses of Jesus and just men made perfect in thy Kingdome Blessed lord thou art our support and comfort support us with the cordials of thy love Blessed lord before we make an end of praying O thou father of mercies and God of all consolation we beg one request for the chief Magistrate of this Nation That thou wouldest give him a glorious Christ into his poor soul and magnifie thy grace towards him that he may become a friend unto Christ and a friend to the people of Christ and raigne in righteousnesse and may be a terrour to evill doers and a praise to them that doe wel that he may cast away iniquity with his eye rule for God before whom he and all others must render an account in the day of judgement Lord hear us for him And blessed lord doe the like for all that had any uncharitableness towards us we would have none towards them but we beg their souls might live in thy presence make them to see their sins and let them receive