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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46902	A true copy of the speech of Mr. Francis Johnstons, alias Dormore, alias Webb, alias Wall, a priest of the Church of Rome (who was convicted before Mr. Justice Atkins, at Worcester, last Lent-Assizes, upon an indictment on the statute of the 27 Eliz. Cap. 2) which he spake upon the ladder, immediately before his execution, on Fryday last, August 22, 1679	Wall, John, Saint, 1620-1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing J775; ESTC R3893	4,768	4

A TRUE COPY OF THE SPEECH OF Mr. Francis Johnstons alias Dormore alias Webb alias Wall A PRIEST OF THE Church of Rome Who was Convicted before Mr. Justice Atkins at Worcester last Lent-Assizes upon an Indictment on the Statute of the 27 Eliz. Cap. 2. Which he spake upon the Ladder immediately before his Execution on Fryday last August 22. 1679. With ANIMADVERSIONS upon the same ALmighty God out of his infinite Goodness to this World through the Merits of his Son Christ Jesus ordained or made choyce of Three Vertues whereby we must walk which are these viz. Faith Hope and Charity First By the Virtue of Faith we are to believe all things that are done in this World Secondly By Virtue of Hope we are to believe and hope for all things in another World And the Reason why Christians do believe this Hope is to bring and conduct them to Salvation in the other World And if we Hope in God we cannot but Believe God For with the Mouth Confession is made but with the Heart and through Faith we must believe unto Salvation So that Faith is not to be trodden under Foot or to be hidden under a Bushel but to be set upon a Candlestick Luke the 12th Whosoever doth confess me before Men him will I confess before the Angels of God And him that denies me before Men him will I deny before the Angels of God And therefore all are bound to believe that there is but one Faith and if but one Faith then but one Christian Faith There is but one Faith one Lord one Baptism And if it be so How can this stand with so many Sectaries as there are And if there be one Faith How can this be I believe the Creed of St. Athanasius which is in your Common-Prayer-Book and there it is said That whosoever will be saved 't is necessary before all things that he hold the Catholick-Faith and that if he keep not that Faith whole and undefiled he shall parish everlastingly And as St. James saith J●●● ● 10 He that keepeth the whole Law and let offendeth in one ●●int is g●ilty of All So they that believe must be all of the same Faith And that the ought to be done I do appeal to all the Saints that are gone before of whom it is said Heb. 11. That their Faith was such as by it they stopt the Mouths of Lyons they turned the Edge of the Sword and caused the Fi●● to cease that it should not burn And They were op●r●ssed so they wandred about in Sheep-Cloathing and Goats Cloathing Therefore I say there must b●●n Unity of ●●ith I desire all Catholicks 〈◊〉 consider th●● That it is better to be R●viled by Men now in this World than 〈◊〉 be Revile● by God in the World to 〈◊〉 me ●aith 〈◊〉 its said The Catholick Church is b●●●t upon a Rock And Mat●● 18. He who will not believe the Church let him be as a Heathen and a Publican This Faith must be Establisht so in every one because Christ said He would send the Holy Ghost and he shall shew us or them what to do This is the Rule of Faith This Faith was publisht at Rome and St. Paul writing to the Christians there Rejoyceth that their Faith was Renowned in the whole World Go ye therefore Baptizing all Nations in the Name of the Father And this is the Faith which I Confess and Believe in and which I try for I come now to speak of the Second Vertue which is Hope I Hope I shall have such Reward that neither Eye hath s●en nor Ear heard nor can it enter into the Heart of Man to conceive Those ●●at have Hope shall be as Moun● Zion that shall not be Removed Those that have Firm Hope there is nothing can disturb them because David saith That God is round about His that do hope in Him as the Mountains are round about Jerusalem I come to the Third Virtue and that is Charity It 's true now this Body of mine in this Shipwrack is full of Sin but when that Shipwrack is over I shall come to inherit that Rock that shall never fail Now wellcom Shipwrack that makes the Body suffer but brings the Soul to that Haven which is Joyful Now many there be that talk much of Charity few understand it and fewer that practice it This is the greatest Virtue 1 Cor. 13. Though you speak with the Tongues of Men and Angels and have not Charity it availeth nothing So then we ought to have Love and Charity or else it prevaileth nothing 'T is Expected I should say something of the Plot as to this I shall declare two points of my faith First I believe that all are bound to obey the King and his Laws Secondly I do declare that those that do break the Law in Word or any Action that doth Act any thing against his Majesties Life that it is a sin unto damnation as much as it was a sin in Judas to betray Christ An Oath is taking God to witness and is as much as if he took his Life and Justice to stake so that he that takes a false Oath is guilty of destroying the Life of God and his Justice and of his own Damnation And if I were but Guilty of this I do declare that all the sin of Damnation would fall upon me because I denyed the truth and so struck at God by my sin by denying of the Truth that one Damnation A Second Damnation is that if any man know of an evil against his Majesty his Kingdome and Nation and to hide or not discover it he shall Answer for those Mischiefs that come thereby so that a man would have made and Committed as many sins as there are men in England that had suffered A Third Damnation is to die in this Lie and with this perjury in his mouth that he loses Heaven and all the enjoyments and dies in greater sins than the Devils themselves Fourthly I should have been Guilty of my own death for that Justice A●●ins offered me my Life if I would confess what I knew of the Plot which had I known and not discovered would have made me the Cause of my own death which would been a fourth Damnation I would have said more but that I gave my speech to a friend to be printed Mr. Sherif I Pray Sir speak on what you have to say and no one shall interrupt you Mr Johnston Now I have no more to do but to make my address to Almighty God with all the powers of my soul that I may have his mercy and pardon of my sins and therefore I beg that all the Catholicks that joyn in union of this same Faith would make an address unto God for me that we may receive pardon for our Sins I have nothing now but wishes left I wish I may Imitate David in his Repentance and that My Eyes may run down with Tears because I have not kept God's Laws I wish with the

prophet Jeremiah that Rivers of waters may fall from my Eyes by reason of sin Lam. 3.48 But Tears will not be proper to me at this time I have kept my self from them left by shedding Tears some might say I was unwilling to die or feared death but instead of Tears I offer all the Blood in my veins and I wish every drop were an Ocean and I would offer it up unto God and I wish that I might become a Man like David I wish I had Mary Magdalens penitential Tears I wish I had her Arms to embrace the feet of mercy I wish I had all the Graces of Saints and Angels and I would offer them all to God for the Romission of my sin this is my desire and this I wish for as much as is in me I offer first my Life and I beseech and desire of God to turn his face from my sins but not from me I offer up my Life in satisfaction for my sins and for the Catholick Cause and I beg for those that be my Enemies in this my death and I desire to have them forgiven because I go to that World of Happiness sooner than I should have gone And humbly beg pardon from God and the World And this I beg for the Merits and Mercy of Jesus Christ I beseech God to bless his Majesty and give him a long Life and happy Reign in this World and in the World to come I beseech God to bless all my Benefactors and all my Friends and those that have been any way under my charge I beseech God to bless all the Catholicks and this Nation and his Majesties privy Council and grant that they may Act no otherwise than what may be for the Glory of God 〈◊〉 12. who will bring to light and to judgement all both good and evil So I beseech God that he will give them Grace to serve him I beseech God to Bless the Parliament that is now in Election that they may determine nothing but what they themselves do hope to be judged by at the last day I beseech God to bless all that suffer under this Persecution and to turn this our Captivity into Joy that they which Sow now in Tears may Reap in Joy I beseech God to save the Death of my Body and to receive my Soul I have no more to say Mr. Sheriff I give you no Interruption but only whereas you said That you Dyed for the Faith that is not so You do not Dye for that but because you being his Majesties Subject received Orders from the Church of Rome beyond the Seas and came again into England contrary to the Law Mr. Johnst That was pardoned by the King's Act of Grace Mr. Sher. That Act pardoned only Crimes committed before the making of it but not those done since as your Continuance in England was Mr. Johnst I am sorry if I have given Offence in any thing I have said My Reason for it was because when I was sent for to the Judges upon Sunday-Night Judge Atkins told me I Dyed not for being concerned in the Plot but for being a Priest Mr. Sher. No but for your Continuance in England against the Law being a Priest Mr. Johnst God Receive my Soul Mr. Sher. Sir You may take your own time and you shall have no Interruption Sir Will you be pleased to have your own time Jaylor Sir Pray give the Signe when you please to be Turned Off. Mr. Johnst I will give you no Signe Do it when you will And so he was Executed ANd thus this Popish Faction design to delude the World by pretending that they dye only as Martyrs for their Religion This Priest with great Asseverations denies his knowledg of the Horrid and Damnable Plot wherein we have not much reason to give credit to him since it has been lately so fully and undenyably demonstrated That Lies Equivocations yea and the most solemn Asseverations to an untruth even at the last Moment is not only Lawful but Meritorious when it may advance the Interest of Holy Church Besides if I forbid a man to come into my House upon pain of death and he will be so obstinate notwithstanding he knows the penalty to rush in upon me if he lose his Life in the Quarrel he will be Judged by all wise men to dye like a Fool and his blood is upon his own head Again we are fully satisfied that whoever shall seduce any of the Subjects of this Kingdome to the Popish Religion does at the same Instant make the Person Seduced a Rebel and Traytor against his Prince and Countrey since in a Letter written by that blessed Saint Hartcourt lately departed at Tyburn He does there allow his Proselytes to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy reserving the sence they take it in to themselves whereby we may evidently perceive that they make use of Religion only as a Politick Engine which they manage as may best serve their cursed designs and that no Oaths Tests or Obligations whatsoever can possibly bind or oblige them but that they may be Indulged in breaking or evading the force thereof which our wise Ancestors were very sensible of and therefore with great prudence made this Excellent Law against their Leaders since if a Factious Priest have the sole Command of the Conscience and that whatever he Commands must be indispensable obeyed no Prince nor Government can possibly be safe or secure and therefore Persons of such Principles as the Romish Clergy avow and own ought with the greatest Reason to be hooted out of the World as being the most cursed and dangerous Enemies to man-kind Let us therefore conclude with the Prayer of the Church in the Old Liturgy Be thou O Lord our mighty Protector and scatter our Cruel Popish Enemies who delight in Blood strenthen the hands of our gracious King the Nobles and Magistrates of this Land with Judgment and Justice to cut off those workers of Iniquity whose Religion is Rebellion whose Faith is Faction whose practice is Murthering Souls and Bodies and to root them out of the Confines and Limits of this Kingdom that they may never prevail against us nor Triumph in the Ruine and destruction of thy Church and People Amen FINIS