Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	call_v	law_n	life_n	4,826	5	4.9748	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33285	Warning for servants, and a caution to Protestants, or, The case of Margret Clark, lately executed for firing her masters house in Southwark faithfully relating the manner (as she affirmed to the last moment of her life) how she was drawn in to that wicked act, set forth under her own hand after condemnation, her penitent behaviour in prison, her Christian advice to visiters, discourses with several ministers, and last words at execution / impartially published, with the attestations of persons of worth, and many substantial eye and ear witnesses, whose names are inserted in this narrative.	Clark, Margaret, d. 1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4483; ESTC R13610	21,290	42

and the Convicted the several Prisoners that were Cast being call'd to the Bar and askt what they had to alledge why sentence of Death and Execution should not pass upon them according to the Law Amongst them there was a Woman that was Convicted of Wilful Murther who pleading she was with Child saved her Life till the next Assizes But Margaret Clark though she saw this Example before her Eyes and was perswaded by many persons to Plead the same thing she knowing her condition not to be truly such refused it with Detestation saying Oh! Shall I add another sin to my great wickedness how shall I then expect a Pardon from God I would not do it for all the World I dare not tell a Lie to save my Life And so with great submission received the terrible sentence of death on Tuesday the 16th of March. Some Observations of her Carriage and Godly discourses after Condemnation ON wednesday a Minister gave her a Visit and found her in a very gracious frame of Spirit blessing and praising God that he had been so good to her Soul in affording her so long a time for Repentance but especially that he had given her the Grace of Repentance then there came in a great company of young people to see her to whom she addressed her self in this manner Oh! have a care you that are Young and are Servants take warning by me I hope you do not come here only to look upon me as a sight but pray make a good use of my downfall Oh take warning by my sad Example pray get some good to your selves by my Sin and shameful Death One of the Company saying I am sorry to see you in this Condition She Replyed You may be sorry for my Body and I thank you but my Condition I hope is very good you have no cause to be sorrowful for me because God hath turned it to my great good Though I am sorrowful and much troubled for my Sin yet now I rejoyce in God even in my Lord Jesus Christ Then one told her that he hoped she would have a Pardon for the Sheriff was much affected at her penitent Condition and pitied her She Answered I have no hope of that neither indeed do I desire it I am in so good hopes that God hath pardoned my Sins I am quite weaned from the World Nay I am sure I am carried forth at some times even beyond my own strength God hath heard and answered me blessed be his Name I Love the Lord because he hath heard the Voice of my Supplication he hath redeemed me from the lowest Hell His praise now while I am here this little time shall continually be in my Mouth Oh how I hope I shall be thus full of Comfort when I come to the place of Execution To which one Answered The Lord continue it One askt her if the sight of the Rope the Gallows and Executioner would not be terrible to her when the Cart stands still and the Sheriffs men should be all about her with a great number of spectators beholding her shameful Death She answered I have considered all this and I think it will not fright me It will not trouble me I rejoyce in what Christ hath suffered and I hope to be saved by him and him alone his free Grace and that promise Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest is a great Comfort to my Soul Upon which a Friend askt her Are you burdened with sin are you heavy Laden She Answered Yes I am and am one of those that Jesus Christ calls to come unto him And then she lifted up her Hands and Eyes and said Lord Refuse not to give mercy to a poor Sinner I wholly rest upon the Lord Jesus Christ I am resolved to lie at his Feet I will go in to the King if I Perish I will perish there One said to her what a great mercy God hath vouchsafed you in giving you so long a Time of Repentance and that he did not Cut you off in the Act. She replyed Oh! it is a great mercy indeed I am sensible of it I bless the Lord for it and hope God will enable me to spend these few hours I have to live to his Glory and my Everlasting good through this Affliction God hath brought me back when I was Running Astray I acknowledge my self unworthy I am the most unworthy of all Gods Creatures At another time one said Oh it is pitty that this man should escape that brought you to this To which she answered Though he hath brought me to this I wish him no more hurt than my own Soul I did indeed desire to speak with him Since he hath been acquitted before he went to London but he would not speak with me whereupon one said why what would you have said to him She answered Truly nothing but Love to his Soul I would have warned him not to undo any more as he hath undone me For I believe I am not the first and am afraid I shall not be the last I am afraid he had a hand in tempting those other Maids in London One telling her That he had heard many strange Reports of her and how that Mr. Satterwait had hinted in his Paper that she had been unjust to several of her late Masters She replyed As to those Reports that go of me many of them which I hear of are false but I have not time neither do I think it fit to vindicate my self from them for I have a great work to do and have but a very little time to do it in A day or two before her Execution she being desired to give a sincere and punctual Account how she came first engaged in this matter and of all Transactions between them she delivered her self as follows her words being taken from her Mouth in short hand and when written out read unto her who then likewise affirmed the same to be True and in Testimony thereof did Sign the same with her own hand in the presence of divers witnesses a true Copy whereof we have here inserted A True Copy of a Paper signed by Margret Clark after her Condemnation The Original whereof remains in the Custody of the Right Worshipful Sir Robert Hatton High Sheriff of the County of Surrey I Margret Clark being shortly to suffer Death for that which I have deserved and am much humbled for and desire to lye low before God under the sense of my own Guilt do give the World an Account of the truth of my Case for I would not be guilty of a Lye now I am to appear before my Judg within a few minutes Therefore I do say and shall declare the Truth of the matter as I shall answer it before my Lord and Judge Upon the 26th of January John Satterthwait came to me as I was going out of my Masters Gate and did desire me to tell him whether my Master and Mistriss