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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77386	A Brief account of the behaviour, &c.	Axtel, Daniel, d. 1660.; Carew, John, d. 1660.; Cook, John, d. 1660.; Hacker, Francis, d. 1660.; Harrison, Thomas, 1609-1660.; Jones, John, d. 1660.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.; Scott, Thomas, d. 1660.; Scrope, Adrian, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4503A; ESTC R42468	26,747	41

following Words Col. Axtel's Speech at Tyburn October 12 1660. MR. Sheriff I am now as you see come to the Place of Execution according to my Sentence I desire your Leave that I may speak Freely and without Interruption first to this People and then to God for it is the last I shall speak in this World and I hope it will redound to your Account Mr. Sheriff's Reply Sir you know what the Court prohibited you to speak and what was spoken at the Bar of the Court was there desired therefore 't is needless to repeat it here I hope you will keep to the present Business that concerns you and not go out into Impertinencies and because you have but a little Time spend it to your best Advantage and the Good of the People and then you shall not be interrupted Or to the same Effect Col. Axtel begins I say the very Cause for which I have engaged is contained in this Book of God having the Bible in his Hand both in the Civil and Religious Rights of it which I leave to you giving the Book to Mr. Knowles You see a Dead Man Living and yet I hope I shall Live to all Eternity through the Mediation of Jesus Christ the Mediator of the Covenant of Free-Grace I must truly tell you that before these late Wars it pleased the Lord to call me by his Grace through the Work of the Ministry and afterwards keeping a Day of Humiliation in Fasting and Prayer with Mr. Symon Ash Mr. Love Mr. Woodcock and other Ministers in Laurence-Lane they did so clearly State the Cause of the Parliament that I was fully convinced in my own Conscience of the Justness of the War and thereupon engaged in the Parliament Service which as I did and do believe was the Cause of the Lord I ventred my Life freely for it and now Die for it Then Mr. Sheriff said to this Purpose Sir remember your self Col. Axtel proceeds and after the Work of the Lord was done in England my Lot cast me in the Service of Ireland and I thank the Lord I was serviceable to the English Nation in that Countrey and have discharged my Duty fully according to the Trust committed to me there As for the Fact for which I now suffer it is for Words only for Words and but for Words and the Sentence is already reversed in my own Conscience and it will be reversed by Jesus Christ by and by I pray God from the very Bottom of my Soul to forgive all that have had any Hand in my Death both Witnesses and Jury and the Court that passed Sentence for considering the Doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ as he hath laid it down Matth. 5. 44. It hath been said of Old Time Love your Neighbours and Hate your Enemies but I say unto you Love your Enemies and pray for them that hate and despitefully use you that you may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven I desire according to this Doctrine from the Bottom of my Heart that God would give them true Repentance and not lay their Sin to their Charge nor my Blood which by God's Law and Man's I think could not justly have been brought here to suffer But I bless God I have some comfortable Assurance that I shall be imbraced in the Arms of Christ and have Cause to hope that his Spirit shall carry my Soul into the Father's Hands And if the Glory of this Sunshine be so great the Sun then shining Bright how much more is the Glory of the Son of God who is the Sun of Righteousness I think it convenient to give you some Account of my Faith I believe all Things written in the Old and New Testament in the Principles and Doctrine of a Believers Faith I believe the Blessed Ordinances of Christ that it is our Duty to hear the Word preached to seek unto God in Prayer and to perform Family Duties and to walk in the Communion of Saints and for my own Part I am a Member of a Congregation which I judge to be the Way of Christ and were it for that only I were to Die I could Witness to it which is a Company of Men Born again by his Grace that walk in the Ways of Christ Blameless and Harmeless I Believe Jesus Christ died for Poor Sinners of whom I am Chief as the Apostle Paul saith This is a faithful Saying and worthy of all Acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to save Sinners of whom I am Chief And if the Apostle might say so much more may I My Friends and Countreymen I have Reason to bewail my own unprofitable Life having been very unfruitful unto the People of the Lord the Lord knows I have much fault upon my Heart were it not for the Blood of Christ that cleanseth and washeth me according to his Promise saying I loved you and washed away your Sins in my own Blood for there is no Remission of Sins without the Blood of Christ I desire you all to loath and cast off Sin it were better to Suffer than to Sin it is better to Die than to Sin nothing could grieve our Saviour our but Sin and therefore have a Care of that You and I must meet one Day at the Bar of Christ and the Son of God shall be our Judge for God hath committed all Judgment 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 Souls 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 will be of all Men most miserable for I of Men were most miserable if I had not believed To see the Goodness 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 will it is God's Sovereignty who made these Creatures to dispose of them how he pleaseth and God hath ordained this Death for me from all Eternity The Lord Christ often prayed Thy Will be done this is the Lord's Will He hath numbred my Days and my Times are in his Hand Many seek the Ruler's Favour but every ones Judgment is from the Lord When Pilate said unto Christ Knowest thou not that I have Power to Crucifie thee Christ answered him Thou couldst have no Power against me except it were given thee from above Therefore I acknowedge the Righteous Hand of God he is Righteous but I am Sinful Therefore will I bear God's 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

and every one may fear the Lord that they may consider their latter End and so it may be well with them And even for the worst of those that have been most malicious against me from my Soul I would forgive them all so far as any Thing concerns me and so far as it concerns the Cause and Glory of God I leave it for him to plead and as for the Cause of God I am willing to justifie it by my Sufferings according to the good Pleasure of his Will I have been this Morning before I came hither so hurried up and down Stairs the meaning whereof I knew not that my Spirits are almost spent therefore you may not expect much from me Oh the greatness of the Love of God to such a Poor Vile and Nothing-creature as I am What am I that Jesus Christ should shed his Heart's-Blood for me that I might be Happy to all Eternity that I might be made a Son of God and an Heir of Heaven O that Christ should undergo so great Sufferings and Reproaches for me and should not I be willing to lay down my Life and suffer Reproaches for him that hath so loved me Blessed be the Name of God that I have a Life to lose upon so Glorious and so Honourable an Account Then praying to himself with Tears and having ended the Hangman pull'd down his Cap but he thrust it up again saying I have one Word more to the Lord's People that desire to serve him with an upright Heart Let them not think hardly of any of the good Ways of God for all this for I have been near this Seven Years a Suffering Person and have found the Way of God to be a perfect Way his Word a tried Word a Buckler to them that trust in him and will make known his Glorious Arm in the sight of all Nations And though we may suffer hard Things yet he hath a Gracious End and will make for his own Glory and the good End of his People Therefore be cheerful in the Lord your God hold fast that which you have and be not afraid of Suffering for God will make hard and bitter Things sweet and easie to all those that trust in him Keep close to the good Confession you have made of Jesus Christ and look to the Recompence of Reward be not discouraged by Reason of the Cloud that now is upon you for the Sun will shine and God will give a Testimony unto what he hath been doing in a short Time And now I desire to commit my Concernment into the Hands of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ he that hath delivered himself for the Chief of Sinners he that came into the World was made Flesh and was Crucified that hath Loved me and Washed me from my Sins in his own Blood and is Risen again sitting at the Right Hand of God making Intercession for me And as for me Oh who am I Poor Base Vile Worm that God should deal thus by me for this will make me come the sooner into his Glory and to inherit the Kingdom and that Crown prepared for me Oh I have served a good Lord and Master which hath helped me from my Beginning to this Day and hath carried me through many Difficulties Trials Straits and Temptations and hath always been a very present Help in Time of Trouble he hath covered my Head many Times in the Day of Battle By God I have leaped over a Wall by God I have run through a Troop and by my God I will go through this Death and he will make it easie to me Now into thy Hands O Lord Jesus I commit my Spirit After which Sentence was fully Executed on him and his Head set on the South-East End of Westminster-Hall and his Quarters upon the City Gates OBSERVATIONS TO commit Villany unparallell'd and bravely to outface Death is the Badge of a desperate Traytor and an unhappy Christian In this Man's Life I find nothing of Repentance as if the Murther of a King and the Ruin of Church and State were of so slight a Consequence that among Birds of his own Feather Treason becomes Meritorious and his Detestable Death a Glorious Martyrdom He calls it God's Cause nay the very Interest of the Son of God his Usurpation he terms the Fear of the Lord unheard-of Impudence Can God be the Author of Treason Or can Man expect Mercy from God's Hands that voluntarily transgresseth Prosperum felix scelus virtus vocatur was Heathenish Philosophy though without Question a Maxim in the Commonwealth of his Conscience whilst Religion was made the Stalking-horse to his Rebellion Monday following being the 15th of October about the same Hour Mr. John Carew was carried to the same Place of Execution WHen he was brought to the Gibbet before he went up the Ladder his Hands being bound he exhorted several Friends standing by to be faithful unto Death and not to be ashamed of the Cause for which they suffered and they should receive a Crown of Life And further said to a Friend that stood by that he hoped the Truths of the Kingdom which he had Preached up and down would not be the less esteemed for that he now came to Seal it with his Blood Mr. Carew's Speech upon the Ladder TRuly it is not Words nor that which I have to speak in mine own Spirit will Glorifie God or give any Advantage to your Souls or unto me but it is if I may speak a few Words in the Spirit of the Lord and in the Power of his Might and from an Unfeigned Love unto Jesus Christ that would indeed give me an open Entrance and make my Passage very Sweet and a Blessing may be left behind even upon you The first thing indeed that hath been very Weighty and I desire to leave it upon all upon Saints as well upon those that are not acquainted with Jesus Christ that Eternity Immortality and Eternal Life it is a wonderful Thing the Thoughts and Apprehensions of it are able to swallow up a poor Soul We little think what it is he that knows most of God and most of Christ and hath the greatest Measure of the Anointing he little little knows what it is to Appear before the Holy the most Glorious the most Righteous God of Heaven and Earth to stand before his Judgment-Seat before Jesus Christ that is at his Right-hand and where all the Holy Angels are so ashamed because of the Glory of God that they fall down and cover their Faces and cry Holy Holy Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come And therefore if such Glorious Creatures if such Excellent Spirits as these Seraphims and Cherubims be if they do fall down before the Glory and Majesty of this most Excellent and Wonderful God how should Dust and Ashes do And how should they Fear and Tremble to appear before him And there I say think of this and of the Righteousness of God as well as of his

Works are Righteous and whose are not therefore I would wish you and desire you to judge Charitably of me Observations on Colonel Scroop IF Birth or Education can render a Man Accomplisht without doubt Col. Scroop deserves a favourable Censure but as the smallest Spot is soonest discerned in a white Garment so Treason dishonours the highest Extraction and leaves a Blot in the Scutcheon of Nobility A Candid Nature obligeth me to love the Man yet my own Conscience and that solemn Commandment Fear God and Honour the King makes me Pity what I cannot ●ustifie and Condemn the Treason as a Person that once ●ov'd the Traitor Coll. John Jones his Speech upon the Ladder October 17 1660. THere is Two Things that are necessary now I am going through this narrow Gate or Passage to the Eternal Ma●esty I say Two Things are necessary as to the Occasion of my coming hither to receive my Father's good Pleasure First Peace with God Secondly Peace with Man I shall speak something to each of these and in the first Place speak something of the Court wherein I received the Sen●ence It hath been reported as I was told that I confessed ●his Fact and confessed that I were guilty of Murther as under those several-Expressions that are in the Indictment viz. I desire to clear my self before the Lord and before the World in that Particular for should I grant that I was guil●y in Reality and Truth of Murther and Malice viz. 〈◊〉 should belye my own Conscience and draw upon me a greater Weight than I could bear but thus far I do confess 〈◊〉 was willing to make the Work as short as I could and be●ause I would not stand so long I told them I would take the first Jury that came and when a Jury was called then I did Confess so much as I was convinced of as to the Matter ●f Fact I desire you will judge charitably of this that I speak at this Time as in the Presence of the Lord that it is not really viz. that I acknowledged my self guilty of Murder I had no such Thing in my Heart I must Confess I very freely quit his Majesty considerin● what he doth in this Case is the Part of a Loving Son to a Father especially the Judges telling him that it is the Law and I conceive that the Court did nothing but what they 〈◊〉 their best Vnderstandings judged Right as to Law therefo●● I freely acquit the Court though there was not enough said 〈◊〉 satisfie such a Poor Creature as I am in so great and deep Point as that was As for all others I do not know an● Man on the Earth to whom I do bear any Malice but I a●… in perfect Charity with all Men and I hope the Lord is 〈◊〉 Charity with me and therefore as I desire to have Forgivenes● my self from all those that I have offended even so I do freely Forgive all those that have in any Measure offended me The next Thing is towards God and it is that which shoul● be last upon my Heart It is not expected that I should give an Account here of my State and Condition for that is betwixt God and my own Soul and I do through the Grac● and Goodness of God firmly believe that my Redemption i● wrought and my Pardon is sealed and that I shall be immediately in my Father's Arms and that I shall be translated and brought to behold the Lord Jesus Christ in Glory with Comfort and Fulness of Joy Col. Jones his Prayer BLessed Lord God thou art the great Opener open unto my Soul the Lord Jesus Christ who will lead me into the Ways of Truth and Life O God Save me make Good all the Pledges of thy Love unto my Soul Oh make all the Promises which I have believed all the Days of my Life make them now Good unto my Soul giving me the full Enjoyment of thy self I desire to Bless and Praise thy Name for this Hour that thou hast brought me to Oh what am I poor Worm that thou shouldst give me this Opportunity to suffer for thy Name and to acknowledge thy Mercies before so great a Congregation at this Place Holy Father Holy Father Oh that thou wouldst now rain down Blessings from Heaven upon thy Poor Creatures that do hear and behold this Action this Day Oh that thou wouldst sanctifie this Thing to them and let Poor England be a Land of Truth and Happiness O Lord let England flourish And Oh that thou wouldst make thy Angel of L●ght to go before thy People Good God we pray thee keep off those great Judgments that hang over the Heads of these Nations because they have sinned against thee Through thy Name sanctifie us let not thy Name be reproached Dear Father receive my Soul I am ready to come unto thee Blessed Father into thy Hand I commend my Spirit thou hast Redeemed me Blessed be thy Name in that thou hast opened the Treasures of thy Love unto my poor Soul Thou hast given me this Hope whereof I need not be ashamed Blessed be thy Name my Spirit is full of Joy Oh Holy Father Holy Father I pray thee let thy Blessing come down upon thy Poor People Look upon me Holy Father stretch out thine Arms to carry me over this Brook I pray thee stand by me Dear Father I cast my self into thy Hand I commit my Soul unto thee Then speaking to the Sheriff said Mr. Sheriff I must needs return you many Thanks for your Civility Sheriff replied I am glad to hear such an Ingenious Confession and that you make such an End and that you have not gone into any reviling Language as some others have done before After this he committed his Soul to God and so departed Observations on Colonel Jones IF Old Age could free a Man from Punishment then had Col. Jones a good Plea in the Court of Antiquity his Grey Hairs pleaded much Gravity but Reverence is not due to Traitors to be Zealous in a Bad Cause argues a Conscience fit for Villany The Last of these Ten Persons order'd for Execution were Col. Dan. Axtel and Col. Fran. Hacker who on the 19th of October Two Days after the Death of Scroop and Jones were drawn upon One Sledge to Tyburn THey were brought forth of Prison the Sledge being ready for them they took their leave of some Friends that stood at the Door and Col. Axtel desired them to be at the Place of Execution and both entring the Sledge they cast up their Eyes toward that God to whom they were coming then with a cheerful Countenance setting themselves down they were drawn to Tyburn the Place of Execution where a Cart was set ready into which they both ascended their Countenance not at all Changed though now the King of Terror stared them in the Face the Ropes being then put about their Necks and a burning Fire kindled before their Faces first Col. Axtel applies himself to the Sheriff in these