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A80318 The confession and execution of the three prisoners suffering at Tyburn on Wednesday the 17th of October, 1677 At which time suffered John S. William Fletcher, and Rob. Perkins. Together with their behaviour, and several remarkable discourses had with one of the highway-men in Newgate after his condemnation. Published for a warning-piece to all others to avoid the lewd courses which brought these poor men to this ignominious end. With allowance. 1677 (1677) Wing C5756A; ESTC R205227 2,522 8

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THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the Three Prisoners suffering at TYBURN On Wednesday the 17th of October 1677. At which time suffered John S. William Fletcher and Rob. Perkins TOGETHER With their Behaviour and several remarkable Discourses had with one of the Highway-men in Newgate after his Condemnation Published for a Warning-piece to all others to avoid the lewd Courses which brought these poor men to this Ignominious End With Allowance London Printed for D. M. 1677. The Confession and Execution of the Prisoners dying at Tyburn AT the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer for London and Gaole-delivery of Newgate begun at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayly Octob. 10. and ending on the 12 of the same Month there were in all as by a Printed Narrative you may already have heard Five persons who being Convicted on fair Tryals per Patriam of several capital Crimes received Sentence of Death But Two of them whose Crime was stealing of two horses appearing to be objects of mercy as having never been concern'd in any such offences before and seeming now extremely penitent for the same obtained a Gracious Reprieve The other Three were this present Wednesday Octob. 17. carryed to the place of execution and by a shameful death surrendered their unhappie lives as Victims duely forfeited to the Justice of the Law These were all three old notorious offenders two of them taken in Gardiners-lane Westminster had long followed the Padd as they call it that is Robbed upon the Highway The other had made it his trade to break open houses and pilfer away peoples Goods being burnt in the hand but two Sessions ago So that if such Malefactors should have longer been endured honest Subjects would not be able either to sleep securely in their Dwellings or travel abroad with safety on their lawful occasions but both within doors and withou● been liable to the spoils and outrages of these barbarous Savages To assist these poor wretches for the good of their Souls after the time of their Condemnation the Sheriffs not onely manifested their pious Charity in sending them able Divines to instruct them and especially Mr. Ordinary who very laboriously discharges his weighty office on such occasions but likewise several godly Ministers of their own accord in Christian-compassion to their perishing condition were pleased to visit them Who laid before them the miserable state they were in That now their days we numbered nay their very hours and minutes which they had to live in this world and yet these few minutes were all the time and opportunity they had to provide for eternity That they were doom'd by Justice to a certain death and though 't was vain for them to flatter themselves with hopes of longer life in this world yet there was means left by a speedy thorow sincere and hearty repentance of their sins and fleeing to Christ for mercy and forgiveness to secure themselves by vertue of his merits and righteousness of a most happy and everlasting life in the world to come That to such vile and sinful wretches as they had been it was unspeakable mercy that they had yet a little space left wherein to make peace with their God for they might have gone on still in riot and wickedness and been suddenly snatcht away in the very acts of their impiety c. These and many other pressing exhortations together with severe threatnings to affright them and sweet promises to allure them taken from the Word of God were made use of to bring them to a due sense of their sins and to cry mightily to God for salvation But the deaf adder refuses the voice of the charmer charm he never so wisely All this good seed could take no root or produce very little visible fruit on the stony ground of two of these Prisoners obdurate hearts they not seeming to outward appearance at least to take that due and sensible notice of this most important counsel as might be expected from persons in their condition But the Spirit bloweth where it listeth The third seemed much affected with this pious advice and was very earnest and frequent in bewailing his sins and condemning himself bitterly for having so wickedly mis-spent his precious time heretoforr He acknowledged to some that he had several years been a Thief but not till of late upon the High-way that at first his Conscience would after every fact severely check him but since custom of sinning taking away the sense he had run on from one degree of wi●kedness to a greater without controul He was very frequent in Prayer wherein he has been heard to express himself to this effect Most dreadful and glorious God though thou hatest all the workers of iniquity yet through the Mediation of thy blessed Son with pity behold me a miserable sinner Had I lived according to thy Commandments or submitted to the Gospel of thy Son I might approach thee with the confidence of a childe but I have been a Rebel against thee from my youth up forgetting the God that made me and the Saviour that redeemed me quenchign and grieving the holy Spirit and slighting the endless Glory which thou hast prepared for me Oh the precious time which I have lost which all the world cannot call back the wonderful love which I unthankfully rejected How have I lived in continual acts of all kinde of Profaneness all kind of Debauchery Whoring Swearing Drunkenness and especially Theft which now has brought me to this woful forlorn condemned case wherein I am a shame to my friends and a burden to my self and thou O God art my Terrour who shouldct be my onely Hope and Comfort Lord thou knowest my secret sins which yet are unknown to men and all their Aggravations Mine iniquities Lord have found me out my fears and sorrows overwhelm me a shameful death expects me in this world and endless torments are ready to receive me in the other But Lord thy Goodness is equal to thy Greatness thy Mercy over all thy works Good God be merciful therefore unto me the vilest of sinners save me for thy abundant mercy for the merit of thy Son and for the promise of forgiveness which thou hast made through him for in these alone is all my trust Thou who didst patiently endure me when I despised thee Oh do not refuse me now I seek unto thee and in the dust implore thy mercy Lord I ask not for longer life in this world but for life eternal not for liberty to sin again but for deliverance from this sinning nature and that body of death which overwhelms me To this purpose Lord give me thy grace to improve these few minutes and prepare me for death and Judgement that when I leave this world with shame I may be received into glory and yeeld my departing soul with joy into the faithful hands of my Redeemer Amen He behaved himself very penitently in the Cart Prayed a considerable time by himself privately at the place of Execution desired all people to take warning by him to avoid Idleness and Ill Company which brought him to this Ignominious End The other joyned in the publick Prayers but said very little that could be heard But all of them together suffered very patiently and with submissive acknowledgements of the Justice of the Sentence FINIS