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A49719 A true copy of certain passages of the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, his speech spoken on the scaffold on Tower-Hill immediatly before his death Jan. 10, 1644 Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1644 (1644) Wing L602; ESTC R3497 5,090 8

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〈…〉 according to the Religion by Law established as any man in this Kingdom And that He will venture His Life as farre and as freely for it and I think I doe or should know both His affection to Religion and his grounds for it as fully as any man in England The second particular is concerning this great and Populous City which God blesse Here hath been of late a fashion taken up to gather hands and then goe to the Great Court the Parliament and clamour for Justice as if that great and wise Court before whom the Causes come which are unknown to the many could not or would not doe Iustice but at their appoyntment A way which may endanger many an Innocent man and pluck his blood upon their own heads and perhaps upon this City also And this hath been lately practised against my selfe the Magistrates standing still and suffering them openly to proceed from Parish to Parish without Check God forgive the Abetters of this with all my heart I begge it but many well meaning People are caught by it In St Stephens case when nothing else could serve they stirred up the People against him and when Herod had killed St Iames he would not venture on St Peter till he found how the other pleased the People But beware you that cry so much for Iustice lest when you cry for your selves you have nothing but Iustice Take heed take heed of having your hands full of blood for there is a time best known to Himselfe when God above other sinnes makes Inquisition for blood and when that Inquisition is on foot the Psalmist tells us That God remembers that 's not all He remembers and forgets not the Complaint of the Poore that is him whose blood is shed by oppression vers. 9. take heed of this It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the living God but then especially when he is making Inquisition for blood And with my Prayers to avert it I doe heartily desire this City to remember the Prophesy that is expressed Ier. 26.15 The third particular is the poore Church of England It hath flourished and been a shelter to other neighbouring Churches when stormes have driven upon them But alas now 't is in a storme it selfe and God only knowes whether or how it shall get out and which is worse then a storme from without it 's become like an Oake cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own body and at every cleft Prophanenesse and Irreligion are entring in while as Prosper speaks in his second Book De vitae contemptu cap. 4. Men that introduce prophanenesse are cloaked with the name of Imaginary Religion for we have lost the Substance dwell too much in Opinion and that Church which all the Iesuits could not ruine is fallen into danger by her owne The last particular for I am not willing to be long is my selfe I was borne and baptized in the bosome of the Church of England established by Law in that profession I have ever since lived and in that I come now to dye what Clamours and Slaunders I have endured for labouring to keep a Conformity in the externall service of God according to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church all men know and I have abundantly felt Now at last I am accused of High Treason in Parliament a Crime which my soule ever abhorred this Treason was charged to consist of two parts An endeavour to subvert the Lawes of the Land and a like Endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion Established by Law Besides my answers which I gave to the several Charges I protested my Innocency in both Houses It was said Prisoners protestations at the Barr must not be taken I can bring no other witnesse of my heart and the intentions thereof I must therefore come now to it upon my Death being instantly to give God an accompt for the truth of it I doe therefore here in the presence of God and his holy Angells take it upon my death That I never endeavoured the subversion either of Law or Religion and I desire that you would all remember this Protestation of mine for my Innocency in these and from all Treason● whatsoever whereof I would not for all the World be so guilty as some are I have been accused likewise as an Enemy to Parliament● Noe I understand them and the benefit that comes by them too well to be so But I did dislike the misgovernment of some Parliaments many wayes and I had good reasons for it Corruptia optimi est p●ssima and that being the highest Court over which no other hath Iurisdiction when That is misinformed or misgoverned the Subject is left without all remedy But I have done I forgive all the World all and every of those bitter Enemies which have persecuted me and humbly desire to be forgiven of God first and then of every man and so I heartily desire you to joyne in Prayer with me O Eternall God and mercifull Father look downe upon me in mercy in the Riches and fulnesse of thy mercies look upon me but not untill thou hast nayled my sinnes to the Crosse of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the blood of Christ not till I have hid my selfe in the wounds of Christ that so the punishment due unto my sinnes may passe over me And since thou art pleased to try me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee to give me now in this great instant full Patience pr●portionable Comfort and a heart ready to dye for thy Honour the Kings happinesse and this Churches preservation My zeale to these farre from Arrogancy be it spoken is all the sinne humane frailty excepted and all incidents thereunto which is yet known to me in this particular for which I now come to suffer I say in this particular of Treason but otherwise my sinnes are many and great Lord pardon them all and those especially whatsoever they are which have drawn down this present iudgment upon me and when thou hast given me strength to beare it doe with me as seemes best in thine owne eyes Amen And that there may be a stopp of this Issue of blood in this more then miserable Kingdom O Lord I beseech thee give grace of Repentance to all Blood-thirsty people but if they will not repent O Lord Confound all their devices Defeat and Frustrate all their Designes and Endeavours which are or shall be contrary to the Glory of thy great Name the truth and sincerity of Religion the establishment of the King and His Posterity after Him in their Iust Rights and Priviledges the Honour and Conservation of Parliaments in their Iust power the perservation of this Poore Church in its Truth Peace and Patrimony and the settlement of this distracted and distressed People under their ancient Lawes and in their native Liberties And when thou hast done all this in meere mercy for them O Lord fill their hearts with thankefulnesse and Religious dutyfull obedience to thee and thy Commandements all their dayes So Amen Lord Iesus Amen and receive my Soule into thy Bosome Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. Exod. 12.8 Ioh. 19.11 Luk. 22.42 Dan. 3. Luk. 6.39 Joh. 11.48 Act. 6.12 Act. 12.3 Isa. 1.15 Ps. 9.12 Heb. 12.