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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

A Brief Account OF THE BEHAVIOUR c. BY a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of the King's Pretended Judges began at the Old Bailey Octob. 10th 1660 the aforesaid Persons with many others were Sentenc'd to Death of which Tho. Harrison or Major-General Harrison was the First that was Executed which was on Saturday the 13th of October following According to his Sentence he was drawn on a Hurdle from Newgate to Charing-cross where within certain Rales made on Purpose a Gibbet was erected When he came to the sight of the Gallows he was transported with Joy and his Servant asked him how he did He answered Never better in my Life His Servant told him Sir there is a Crown of Glory ready for you O yes Said he I see it When he was taken off the Sledge the Hangman desired him to forgive him I do forgive thee said he with all my Heart as it is a Sin against me and told him he wisht him all Happiness and further said Alas poor Man Thou dost it ignorantly the Lord grant that this Sin may not be laid to thy Charge and putting his Hand into his Pocket gave him all the Money he had and so parting with his Servant hugging of him in his Arms went up the Ladder with an undaunted Countenance Major-Gen Harrison's Speech upon the Ladder Gentlemen I Did not expect to have spoken a Word to you at this Time but seeing there is Silence commanded I will speak something of the Work God hath in Hand in our Days Many of you have been Witnesses of the Finger of God that hath been seen among us of late Years in the Deliverance of his People from their Oppressors and in bringing to Judgment those that were guilty of the Precious Blood of the Dear Servants of the Lord And how God did witness thereto by many wonderful and evident Testimonies as it were immediately from Heaven insomuch that many of our Enemies who were Persons of no mean Quality were forced to confess That God was with us and if God did but stand Neuter they should not value us and therefore seeing the Finger of God hath been pleading this Cause I shall not need to speak much to it In which Work I with others were engaged for the which I do from my Soul bless the Name of God who out of the exceeding Riches of his Grace accounted me worthy to be instrumental in so Glorious a Work and though I am wrongfully charged with Murder and Bloodshed yet I must tell you I have kept a good Conscience both towards God and towards Man I never had Malice against any Man neither did I act maliciously towards any Person but as I judged them to be Enemies to God and his People And the Lord is my Witness that I have done what I did out of the Sincerity of my Heart to the Lord I bless God I have no Guilt upon my Conscience but the Spirit of God beareth Witness that my Actions are acceptable to the Lord through Jesus Christ though I have been compassed about with manifold Infirmities Failings and Inperfections in my Holiest Duties but in this I have Comfort and Consolation that I have Peace with God and do see all my Sins washt away in the Blood of my Dear Saviour And I do declare as before the Lord that I would not be guilty Wittingly nor Willingly of the Blood of the meanest Son no not for Ten Thousand Worlds much less of the Blood of such as I am charged with I have again and again besought the Lord with Tears to make known his Will and Mind unto me concerning it and to this Day he hath rather confirmed me in the Justice of it and therefore I leave it to him and to him I commit my Ways but some that were Eminent in the Work did wickedly turn aside themselves and to set up their Nests on high which caused great Dishonour to the Name of God and the Profession they had made And the Lord knows I could have suffered more than this rather than have fallen in with them in that Iniquity though I was offered what I would if I would have joined with them my Aim in all my Proceedings was the Glory of God and the Good of his People and the Welfare of the whole Common-wealth The People observing him to tremble in his Hands and Legs he taking notice of it said Gentlemen By Reason of some Scoffing that I do hear I judge that some do think I am afraid to Die by the shaking I have in my Hands and Knees I tell you no but it is by Reason of much Blood I have lost in the Wars and many Wounds I have received in my Body which caused this Shaking and Weakness in my Nerves I have had it this Twelve Years I speak this to the Praise and Glory of God he hath carried me above the Fear of Death and I value not my Life because I go to my Father and am assured I shall take it up again Gentlemen Take notice that for being instrumental in that Cause and Interest of the Son of God which hath been pleaded amongst us and which God hath witnessed too by Appeals and wonderful Victories I am brought to this Place to suffer Death this Day and if I had Ten Thousand Lives I could freely and cheerfully lay them down all to Witness to this Matter Oh what am I poor Worm that I should be accounted Worthy to suffer any Thing for the Sake of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I have gone joyfully and willingly many a Time to lay down my Life upon the Account of Christ but never with so much Joy and Freedom as at this Time I do not lay down my Life by constraint but willingly for if I had been minded to have run away I might have had many Opportunities but being so clear in the Thing I durst not turn my Back nor step a Foot out of the Way by Reason I had been engaged in the Service of so Glorious and Great a God however Men presume to call it by hard Names yet I believe e'er it be long the Lord will make it known from Heaven that there was more of God in it than Men are now aware of All the Gods of the Nations are but Idols they have Eyes but see not and Mouths but speak not and cannot save those that trust in them But my God is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords before whom all you here and all Nations are but as the Drop of a Bucket And he will never leave those that truly trust in him unto whose Glory I shall surely go and shall sit on the Right Hand of Christ in Heaven it may be to judge those that have Vnjustly judged me Matth. 25. 33 34. 1 Cor. 6. 2. The Sheriff minding him of the shortness of Time if he had any Thing to say to the People he might He said I do desire as from my own Soul that they

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

Glory and Majesty and of his Justice that when for one Sin he threw down the Angels those Glorious Spirits into Hell and he would take no Ransom or Redemption for them and though he hath Mercy on the Sons of Men according to his own Election or Purpose and according to that that he hath Purchased for himself in Christ Jesus before the Foundation of the World was laid yet in Time he made his Son a Sacrifice before Men and Angels to bring his Chosen Ones to Glory That he should take Pleasure to send his own Son out of his Bosom who was the Delight of his Soul and Bruise him for our Sins yet it pleased the Father to Bruise him The most Holy and Righteous God that had but One Son One only Begotten Son that was the Delight of his Soul and should take Pleasure to Bruise him that we might be Healed and laid Stripes upon him that we might be Healed Oh the Heighth and Depth Oh the Length and Breadth of the Love of God in Christ Jesus unto poor Souls Oh this is that the Angels do desire to stoop down and look into and to know more of this great Mystery of the Love of God in Christ and that God should take upon him the Nature of Man And put him into that Glorious Union with his own Son and that he should leave the Angels though Christ was made a a little lower than they for Suffering Death for us Yet now because the Nature of Man is united to the Godhead by Vertue of that Marriage and Union we become the Sons of God and Heirs of Glory Those that are Adopted by Jesus Christ are brought near to the Throne of Glory are in a High and Glorious Communion and Fellowship with the Father and Spirit owned of all the Holy Angels and therefore they do stand without the Throne as in several Places of the Revelations and round about the Elders and round those that were given to the Lamb as in the Fifth of the Revelations and many other Scriptures they stand without but there is another Company within which is the Twenty-four Elders and Four Living Creatures they fall down and worship God they are nearer than the Angels Oh! Who hath Credited who hath Believed this Report And to whom is the Arm of the Lord Revealed Oh! How many Professors are there in this Day in this Nation that call upon the Name of Christ and that say they shall be Saved by Christ and do Live and Trust most in their own Works and Righteousness and never come to the Knowledge and Understanding of this great Mystery of the Love of God in Christ Who never received those Teachings from the Anointing and according to the New Covenant where it is promised that they shall be all Taught of God all the Children of God shall be Taught of him and there is no one can Teach these but the Father none can draw them to the Son but the Father and no Man can come to the Father but through the Son And this great Mystery is both by the Light and Operation of the Holy Spirit who makes the New Creature in the Soul O that God would pour out of his Holy Spirit that God would pour out the Spirit of the New Covenant and the Spirit of the Gospel and the Spirit that can declare the Mystery of God's Word in the Spirit and that he hath made Manifest through Jesus Christ O there is much talking and speaking in the Name of Christ And how many Men spend little Time in getting Evidences in the Power and Demonstration of the Spirit and come to apprehend God in Christ that speak of him Oh! There are few of these the Lord knows O that the Anointing may be poured out more now according to this Faith in the Way of this Grace and in this Love of God even in the Electing Love of the Father and in the Redeeming Blood of Jesus Christ according to the purchased Possession that he hath obtained through his own Righteousness wherein God hath been Just also in justifying the Ungodly and among them such a poor simple Piece of Dust and Ashes as I have been and have to this Day little glorified my Father and yet I can call him Father through some Measure of his Spirit and Father according to the Spirit of Adoption too and can say the Lord Jesus hath given himself for me and I take the Lord Jesus Christ as the great Gift of the Father desiring to bear Witness of that Love and of that wonderful Grace and Glory that he hath made me Partaker of in and through him Oh! Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath called me to this Hope and who hath made me Partaker of this Glory that the Saints are Enlightened in And now I long to see the Face of this Father and of his Son though I have such a Number of Sins in me and though I have an Interest in him and can call him Father at any Time without doubt and in full Assurance of Faith in the Holy Spirit yet if Jesus Christ were not there to present me Faultless before the Presence of God I should be afraid to appear before him but he is able to do it and therefore saith the Apostle Now unto him that is able to Save you and to present you Faultless before the Presence of his Glory with exceeding Joy c. I am a poor Sinful Piece full of Iniquity laden with many Burdens that have a Body of Death that I carry about me and I am now about to lay it down and my Soul shall enter into Eternal Life and be made Perfect in a Moment through the Mighty Power of God that hath wrought that Glorious Work of raising Christ from the Dead Oh! All my Strength and all my Joy and all my Life is in Christ and in him alone And I have a Righteousness already of his Working according to his own Grace and according to his own Mighty Power and according to his own Mercy that he hath been pleased to Work in me and so hath been pleased to keep me in a very Wicked and in a very Evil Day by the Power of his Grace And I desire to glorifie my Father and many Years have I been in that Work that hath been of late in this Nation few and evil hath been the Days of my Pilgrimage but I have desired to serve the Lord with Faithfulness and in the Integrity of my Soul without Prejudice against any Creature and it hath been the Desire of my Soul to approve my self Faithful towards God and towards Man And what I have done I have done it in Obedience to the Lord that I had in my Eye and in my Heart There are many Things laid upon many of those that profess the Kingdom and Glorious Appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ as if they were Enemies to Magistracy and Ministry and as if so be we were for the

of that Detestable Synod to palliate his Premeditated Treason but being once Seated in the Chariot of Authority he Jehu-like drove on furiously till he had wash'd his Hands in that Innocent and Sacred Blood And so far was he from repenting for his Villany that he was sorry it was beyond his reach to strike one Blow more at Majesty The nex Day viz. Tuesday the 16th of October Mr. John Cooke and Mr. Hugh Peters were carried to their Execution but First of Mr. Cooke the Appointed Time being at Hand HE asked several times if the Sheriff was not come saying Why stayeth the Wheels of his Chariot Why do they drive so heavily I am ready Blessed be God I have nothing to do but to die Word being brought that the Sheriff was come he made haste to be gone and his Wife stepping after him took him by the Arm whereupon he said O do not hinder me from going to Jesus Christ And then with a Cheerful Countenance taking leave of his Friends he went to the Sledge that carried him whereon also was carried the Head of Major-General Thomas Harrison with the Face bare towards him and notwithstanding that Dismal Sight he passed rejoicingly through the Streets as one borne up by that Spirit which Man could not cast down Being come to the Place of Execution when he was taken out of the Sledge he said This is the easiest Chariot that ever I rid in in all my Life Being come upon the Ladder and the Rope put about his Neck he rejoic'd saying Blessed be the Name of God that I am bound for the Sake of Christ Then his Work was to address himself to God and to that End said If you please I shall speak a few Words to God in Prayer Mr. Cook's Prayer before his Speech MOST Glorious Majesty this Day is a Representation of that Great Day when all thy Poor People shall meet together Multitudes Multitudes in the Valley of Derision Thy Poor Poor Servant is now come to pay the Debt which he oweth to Nature Blessed be thy Name that thou hast prepared him for it Blessed be thy name Sweet Jesus Blessed be thy Name O that all thy Poor People that are here if possible may feel something of that Divine Power and Assistance of God that thy Poor Servant now feels at this Time Blessed be thy Name I am a Poor Creature a Poor Sinner and the Lord might justly withdraw from me and leave me to Horror and Searedness if he should deal with me in Justice but this hath not been his Method Blessed be his Name to leave and forsake his Poor Servant Lord let thy Blessing be upon us at this Time and let thy Blessing be upon England and let thy Blessing be upon all these Nations and let thy Blessing be upon all that are here Assist O Lord by thy Divine Power give us to see much of thy Power and let not this Meeting be in vain but let every one here receive Benefit thereby to the Praise and Glory of thy Great Name and the Everlasting Salvation of all our Souls if it be thy Blessed Will through Jesus Christ our Lord Having ended his First Prayer he applies himself to the Sheriff and Spectators in this following Speech Mr. Sheriff and Gentlemen THE most Glorious Sight that ever was seen in the World was our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross and the most Glorious Sight next to that is to see any poor Creature for him in his Cause I desire to speak a few Words briefly to let you understand what a Glorious Work the Lord hath been pleased to accomplish upon my Spirit I bless the Lord I have ransacked into every Corner of my Heart and I have searched into all my Sins Actual and Original Secret and Open Known and Vnknown so far as the Lord hath discovered them to me and I have confessed them all with a Penitential Bleeding Heart and Contrite Spirit Blessed be his Name he hath been pleased to come in abundant Manner and hath been pleased to shew me that the only Remedy is the Blood of Christ and I have Blessed be the Lord applied that Precious Blood to my Poor Soul and have laid hold upon a Christ by a True and Lively Faith and there is a Sweet Calm and Serenity in my Soul and Conscience Blessed Blessed be thy Name I desire to glorifie God and to give him the Glory of all and to take Shame unto my self for any Sins that I have ever committed that I know to be Sin and therefore I desire to rejoice in the God of my Salvation as Isa. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord my Soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath cloathed me with the Garment of Salvation he hath covered me with the Robe of Righteousness as a Bridegroom decketh himself with Ornaments and as a Bride adorneth herself with Jewels even so the Lord delighteth in me And as the Earth bringeth forth her Buds and as the Garden causeth the Things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord will cause Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all Nations And Isa. 43. 9 10. Ye are my Witnesses saith the Lord I do desire to bear a Testimony unto God and to Jesus Christ for Justice and Truth and Righteousness and Holiness The Lord knows I have no Malice upon my Heart against any Man or Woman living upon the Face of the Earth neither against Jury that found me guilty nor Court that passed Sentence I desire freely to forgive every one from the Bottom of my Heart And as concerning this great Dispensation you may it may be desire to hear something of it truly I say as to the King's Majesty I have not any Hard Thoughts concerning him my Prayer shall be for him that his Throne may be upheld by Truth and by Mercy for by Mercy Prov. 23. the Throne is upheld but I must needs say that Poor we have been Bought and Sold by our Brethren as Joseph was Brother hath betray'd Brother to Death and that Scripture is in a great Measure fulfill'd Mat. 10. 21. The Father against the Son and the Son against the Father and Brother shall deliver up Brother to Death I desire for my own Part to kiss the Rod and I do desire if it may please the King's Majesty that no more Blood may be shed after mine it may be the Lord will put it into his own Breast Here is a Poor Brother coming I am afraid that he is not fit to die at this Time I could wish that his Majesty might shew some Mercy The Sheriff interrupted in Words to this Effect Let that alone for the King's Majesty hath Clemency enough for all but his Father's Murtherers Mr. Cook reply'd Then I shall proceed to speak something concerning my Profession and Faith which I Bless the Lord is founded upon the Rock Christ Jesus I do not expect Salvation for any Thing I have ever done but only lay

Judas when he Sold his Master Money is the Root of all Evil and brought that Famous Orator Demosthenes a Brother of the same Fraternity to a Sore Throat when 't was Avaritia non excusat militiam Some Memorable Passages of Mr. Hugh Peters in his Imprisonment at Newgate and at the Time of his Execution at Charing Cross October 16 1660. MR. Peters as is well known was exercised under great Conflict in his own Spirit during the time of his Imprisonment fearing as he would often say that he should not go through his Sufferings with Courage and Comfort and said to his Friends that he was somewhat unprepared for D●ath and therefore unwilling to die something he said he had committed and other Things omitted which troubled him but though it was a Cloudy and Dark Day with him for a Season yet the Light of God's Grace and Favour would break forth at last A Night or Two before he suffered Two of the Episcopal Clergy who as some Report were the King's Chaplains came to give him a Visit they endeavoured to make Advantage of the present Temptations wherewith he was then assaulted and to perswade him to a Repentance and Recantation of his former Activity in the Parliament Cause which they endeavoured to enforce upon him by a Promise of Pardon from the King in case he would therein hearken to them But told them He had no Cause in the least to repent of his adhering to that Interest but rather that he had in the Prosecution thereof done no more for God and his People in these Nations and with Civility dismissing those Visitants he applied himself to some other Ministers then present whom he judged more able to speak a Word in Season to him under these great Trials wherewith the Lord was then pleased to exercise him Being carried upon the Sledge to Execution and made to sit therein within the Rails at Charing-Cross to behold the Execution of Mr. Cook one comes to him and upbraided him with the Death of the King bidding him with opprobrious Language to repent He replied Friend you do not well to trample upon a dying Man you are greatly mistaken I had nothing to do in the Death of the King When Mr. Cook was cut down and brought to be Quartered one they called Colonel Turner called to the Sheriffs Men to bring Mr. Peters near that he might see it and by and by the Hangman came to him all besmear'd in Blood and rubbing his Bloody Hands together he tauntingly asked Come how do you like this M. Peters How do you like this Work To whom he replied I am not I thank God terrified at it you may do your worst When he was going to his Execution he look'd about and espied a Man to whom he gave a Piece of Gold having bowed it first and desired him to go to the Place where his Daughter lodged and to carry that to her as a Token from him and to let her know That his Heart was as full of Comfort as it could be and that before that Piece should come to her Hands he should be with God in Glory Being upon the Ladder he spake to the Sheriff saying Sir You have here slain one of the Servants of God before mine Eyes and have made me to behold it on purpose to terrifie and discourage me but God made it an Ordinance to me for my Strengthening and Encouragement When he was going to Die he said What Flesh art thou unwilling to go to God through the Fire and Jaws of Death Oh! Said he this is a good Day he is come that I long look'd for and I shall be with him in Glory and so smil'd when he went away What Mr. Peters said further at his Execution either in his Speech or Prayer it could not be taken in regard his Voice was low at that time and the People uncivil His Head was afterwards set upon London-Bridge Observations on Mr. Peters A State Juggler drest in Divinity a meer Protous and yet a Regicide a Firebrand kindled by the Devil by whose insinuating Practices blowing the Bellows of Rebellion and belching from an Impure Throat the loathsome Vapours of Sedition he not only poisoned the Kingdom but ruined the Stately Fabrick of an incomparable Monarchy pretending in his Pulpit that to be the Finger of the Lord which visibly appears to all Ages to be the Hand of the Devil Wednesday October 17th Mr. Thomas Scot and Mr. Gregory Clement were brought on several Hurdles to the same Place where being come Mr. Scot first began Mr. Scot's Speech upon the Ladder GEntlemen I stand here a Spectacle to God to Angels and Men To God and Angels to whom I hope I am shortly a going And now to you I owe it to God and the Nation and my self to say something concerning each For my self I think it may become me to tell you how and why I came hither and something in the general concerning my Capacity In the Beginning of these Troubles I was as many others were unsatisfied I saw Liberties and Religion in the Nation in great Danger to my best Apprehension I saw the Approaches of Popery in great measure coming in upon us I saw Upon which the Sheriff interrupted him in these Words If you will betake your self to Prayer you may Mr. Scot replied I shall not speak to reproach any The Sheriff interrupted him again saying You have but a little time Mr. Scot therefore betake that little time to Prayer Mr. Scot replied 'T is according to my Mind to speak what may be said Here the Under-Sheriff interrupted saying It hath been denied unto your Predecessors and will be denied unto you Then he prayed as followeth HOly Lord God the Great and Glorious God of Heaven and Earth King of Nations and King of Saints in both which Capacities thy Poor and Vnworthy Creature comes now to bear his Witness in this great Spectacle before Thee Angels and Men O Lord were it not for Sin none of these Things had befallen this Nation nor my unworthy self we have all transgressed and gone astray from thee by a perpetual Back-sliding even all of all Sorts Conditions Ranks and Orders of Men And among them none none more than thy Poor Vnworthy Creature who acknowledgeth the same here before thee in the Face of Heaven and in thy Presence to which he is very shortly a going that Glorious Grace which thou hast been pleased to afford unto his Soul in it O Blessed Lord thou hast called him forth as a publick Spectacle to some in a Condition of Shame and Reproach to others of Comfort and to thy Blessed Self as one that is a Witness for thee that hath served thee with all Faithfulness in his Trust and Publick Capacity and Employment O Lord they Dispensation to thy Poor Creature hath been Wonderful Gracious and Merciful and he must say to the Praise of thy Free Grace Here the Hangman stooping down to take Drink which was reached