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A37137	The dying speeches of several excellent persons, who suffered for their zeal against popery, and arbitrary government viz. I. Mr. Stephen Colledg, at Oxford, August 31, 1681, II. The Lord Russel in Lincolns-Inn-fields, July 21, 1683, III. Col. Sidney, on Tower-Hill, December 7, 1683, IV. Col. Rumbald,	Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681.; Russell, William, Lord, 1639-1683.; Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.; Rumbold, Richard, 1622?-1685.; Lisle, Alice, 1614?-1685.; Cornish, Henry, d. 1685.; Walcot, Thomas, d. 1683.	1689 (1689)	Wing D2957; ESTC R3148	29,338	40

his Judgments or Mercies reclaim them that they shed no more innocent Blood There is not a Man of them that I know of that ever heard me say or do any bit of Treason in my Life This is the first I may not say it is but almost the Twentieth Sham-Plot that they have endeavoured to put upon the Nation to delude the People and put off their own Damnable Plot. This is not the first but I think the sixteenth or seventeenth I pray God that my Blood may be the last I pray God defend every Man's Blood and all Protestants in England from the Hands of these bloody Papists by whose means I die this Death And if they shall go on in this Nature I hope the Good God will open every Man's Eyes to see it before he feels it And I beseech you if you have any love for your King your Country and the Protestants unite together if you are Protestants I pray God those that deserve the Name let them be called how they will either Dissenters or Church of England Men that they may unite together like Men like Christians against the Common Foe who will spare neither the one side nor the other but beat you one against another like two Pitchers the last that stands they will certainly destroy if they can This is my Sense and God is my Witness I speak my Conscience I do not know Mr. Sheriff whether there be any thing else I have to say or no we have a good God and I beseech every Man that hears me this day for we live in a sinful Age good People and it behoves every one of you it cannot be long before all that look upon me in this Condition must lie down in the Dust and God knows must come into an Eternal State either for Mercy or for Judgment I beseech you in the Name of God he is a God of Mercy and a God of Patience and Long-suffering that you would break off your Sins by Repentance and serve a good God who must be your Friend at last or else you are lost to Eternity O Lord how ungrateful Wretches are we that have a God of such infinite Mercy and Goodness that affords us our Life our Health and a thousand Mercies every day and we like ungrateful People not deserving the Name of Men or Christians live riotous Lives in Debauchery and Swearing in Malice and the Lord knows how many Evils I beseech God that I may be this day a Means in the Hand of God to bring some of their Souls over to him I beseech you remember what I say indeed I do not know I have been so strangely used since I have been a Prisoner what to say being brought from one Affliction to another that my Body is worn out and my Memory and Intellects have failed me much to what they were I cannot remember what I have to say more but that the Lord Jesus Christ would bless my Country and preserve it from Popery and in mercy bless his Majesty Good God be merciful to him make him an Instrument in thy Hand to defend his Protestant Subjects Lord in mercy defend him from his Enemies Good God bless this People good Lord continue the Gospel of Jesus Christ thy Gospel in its purity to us and our Posterity as long as the Sun and Moon endure O Lord save all that call upon thee be merciful to all thy Servants all thy People that put their trust in thee good Lord deliver them from the Hand of their Enemies good God let their Lives and Bodies and Souls be all precious in thy sight O merci-God put a stop to these most wicked Conspiracies of thy Enemies and the Nation 's Enemies the Papists Let no more Protestant Blood be shed but this of mine I beseech thee O my God. O Lord look upon me O Lord bless me O good God receive me into thy blessed Presence by Jesus Christ my alone Saviour and Redeemer in whom alone I put my trust for Salvation It is thee O God that I trust in thou Righteous Judg of Heaven and Earth All Popery all Pardons all Popes and Priests all Dispensations I disown and will not go out of the World with a Lie in my Mouth From the sincerity of my Heart I declare again that what I have said to you is the very Sentiments of my Soul as God shall have Mercy upon me and to the best of my knowledg I desire the Prayers of you good People while I am here and once more I beseech you to think upon Eternity every one of you that hear me this day The Lord turn your Hearts and Souls if you have been wicked Livers if you do live wicked Lives the Lord in Mercy convert you and shew you your Danger for I as little thought to come to this as any Man that hears me this day and I bless God I have no more deserved it from the Hands of Men than the Child that sucks at his Mothers Breast I bless my God for it and do say I have been a Sinner against my God and he hath learn'd me Grace ever since I have been a Prisoner I bless my God for a Prison I bless my God for Afflictions I bless my God that ever I was restrained for I never knew my self till he had taken me out of the World. Therefore you that have your Liberties and Time and precious Opportunities be up and be doing for God and for your Souls every one of you To his Son. Where is my dear Child Mr. Sheriff I made one Request to you and you gave me an imperfect Answer You said you were of the best Reform ●d Church in the World the Church of England according to the best Reformation in the World I desire you for the Satisfaction of the World to declare what Church that is Whether Presbyterian or Independent or the Church of England or what Colledge Good Mr. Sheriff for your satisfaction For twenty Years and above I was under the Presbyterian Ministry till his Majesty's Restauration then I was conformable to the Church of England when that was restored and so continued till such time as I saw persecution upon the Dissenting People and very undue things done to their Meeting-places then I went among them to know what kind of People those were And I do take God to Witness since that time I have used their Meetings viz. the Presbyterians others very seldom and the Church of England I did hear Dr. Tillotson not above three weeks before I was taken I heard the Church of England as frequently as I heard the Dissenters and never had any Prejudice God is my Witness against either but always heartily desired that they might unite and be Lovers and Friends and had no prejudice against any Man and truly I am afraid that it is not for the Nation 's Good that there should be such Heart-burnings between them That some of the Church of England will preach that the

do thou give us such an assurance of an Interest in Thee that we may be inabled in deed in reality and in truth to say that we have run our Race and we have finished our Course with Joy O let us now receive the fruit of those many Petitions that we have put up unto Thee O let us now find the Spirit influencing our Hearts to a yielding patience and a thorow subjection to the Will of God Let us find thy Spirit assuring us that we are thine O let us have stronger Evidences of thy Love stronger Testimonies of thy Affection O give us some inward Tastes of those Heavenly Joys that we hope through the Mercy of Jesus Christ in a little time to have a more full Fruition of O Lord do thou speak Peace to every one of our Consciences enable us to take hold of thy Strength that thou mayest make Peace with us and let us not be discouraged O Lord since we have a High Priest that can be touched with our Infirmities Let us with Boldness have Access to the Threne of Grace that we may obtain Mercy and Grace to help in time of need O take away the Sting and Terror that is in Death in any one of us by assuring us of our Interest in Thee by assuring us that our Names are Recorded in the Book of Life though we lie under a Sentence of Death from Man we beg that we may have a Sentence of Life Eternal from our God and though we meet Thee O Lord in a Field of Blood we beg that Thou wilt come to meet with us in a Field of Mercy O Lord extend thy Mercy thou Lord whose Compassions fail not cause the Bowels of thy tender Pity to yearn with Compassion towards us Enable every one of us O Lord to die believing in Jesus Christ to die hoping in his Mercy to die relying upon him for Justification for Sanctification and for Adoption O Lord though we have been Prodigals we desire to return unto our Fathrrs House where there is Bread enough O enable us to come unto Thee as Children to their Parents O let our Prayers be offered with so much Fervour in Christ Jesus that Thou may'st think it reasonable to assure us of thy Love. O let the Intercession of Jesus Christ be accepted O Lord we beg that he may be our Advocate if our Advocate be our Judg certainly we cannot miscarry O let Jesus Christ be the Hope of every one of our Souls and Lord let not our Hope be like that of the Hypocrite but let our Faith be built upon the Rock of Ages and let us not fail from the apprehension of Affliction and Punishment from Men. Yet O Lord do thou so order our Hearts and our Spirits aright that thou mayest be the Lot of our Inheritance and our Portion for ever O do thou interest us in thy Self Lord carry on thy own Work. We desire to come unto Thee that we may have Life Lord help us Lord put to thy helping Hand Lord teach us truly to leave no Sin unrepented of in any one of our Hearts And O Lord we beg that with us thou wilt give us leave to recommend unto thy Care our poor Wives and Children Thou hast promised to be the Father of the Fatherless and the Husband of the Widdow and thou hast commanded us to cast the Care of them upon Thee O do thou make Provision for them deal kindly with them imprint thy own Image upon them and enable them to bear this severe stroke with Patience O Lord stand by and support them let their Ways be found so pleasing and acceptable unto Thee that thou may'st think it reasonable to make all their Enemies at Peace Lord. interest them in thy Love and do thou favour them with thy Mercies and loving-kindnesses O Lord we also beseech Thee in the behalf of these poor Kingdoms wherein we are that Thou wilt he merciful to them prevent Divisions among them heal all their Breaches compose their Differences make all that are thine of one Heart and Mind in the things of thee our God. And Lord if it be thy Will do thou rule in the Heart of the King that he may Rule and Reign for Thee and for the good of thy Church and People Lord favour us with thy Mercy assure us of thy Love stand by us in the difficult Hour take us into thine own Care cause thy Angels to attend us to convey our Souls as soon as they are divided from our Bodies into Abraham's Bosom into the Paradise of our God. And Lord we beg that thou wilt be with us with thy extraordinary Presence helping us to trust in Thee doing for us beyond what our narrow Hearts are able to ask or think All which we beg for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ in whom O Lord this little time do thou give us Hearts to give thee all Glory Honour and Praise now and for evermore Amen Sweet Jesus Amen FINIS

to Death Suffered a Jury to be packed by the King's Solicitors and the Under-Sheriff Admit of Jury-men who are not Freeholders Receive such Evidence as is above-mentioned Refuse a Copy of an Indictment or to Suffer the Statute of 46. Ed. 3. to be read that doth expresly Enact it should in no Case be denied unto any Man upon any occasion whatsoever Over-rule the most important Points of Law without hearing And whereas the Stat. 25. Ed. 3. upon which they said I should be Tried doth Reserve unto the Parliament all Constructions to be made in Points of Treason They could assume unto themselves not only a Power to make Constructions but such Constructions as neither agree with Law Reason or Common Sense By these means I am brought to this Place The Lord forgive these Practices and avert the Evils that threaten the Nation from them The Lord sanctify these my Sufferings unto me and tho I fall as a Sacrifice unto Idols suffer not Idolatry to be Established in this Land. Bless thy People and save them Defend thy own Cause and defend those that defend it Stir up such as are Faint Direct those that are willing confirm those that Waver Give Wisdom and Integrity unto all Order all things so as may most redound unto thine own Glory Grant that I may Die glorifying Thee for all thy Mercies and that at the last Thou hast permitted me to be Singled out as a Witness of thy Truth and even by the Confession of my Opposers for that OLD CAUSE in which I was from my Youth engaged and for which thou hast Often and Wonderfully declared thy Self The Last Speech of Col. Richard Rumbold at the Market-Cross of Edinburgh with several things that passed at his Tryal 26 June 1685. ABout Eleven of the Clock he was brought from the Castle of Edinburgh to the Justices Court in a great Chair on Mens Shoulders where at first he was asked some Questions most of which he answer'd with Silence at last said He humbly conceived It was not necessary for him to add to his own Accusation since he was not ignorant they had enough already to do his Business and therefore he did not design to fret his Conscience at that time with Answering Questions After which his Libel being read the Court proceeded in usual manner first asking him If he had any thing to say for himself before the Jury closed His Answer was He owned it all saving that part of having Designed the King's Death and desired all present to believe the words of a Dying Man he never directly nor indirectly intended such a Villany that he abhorred the very thoughts of it and that he blessed God he had that Reputation in the World that he knew none that had the Impudence to ask him the Question and he detested the thoughts of such an Action and he hoped all good People would believe him which was the only way he had to clear himself and he was sure that this Truth should be one day made manifest to all Men. He was again asked If he had any Exception against the Jury He answered No but wished them to do as God and their Consciences directed them Then they withdrew and returned their Verdict in half an hour and brought him in Guilty The Sentence followed For him to be taken from that Place to the next Room and from thence to be Drawn on a Hurdle betwixt Two and Four of the Clock to the Cross of Edinburgh the Place of Execution and there to be Hang'd Drawn and Quartered He received his Sentenc with an undaunted Courage and Chearfulness Afterwards he was delivered into the Town-Magistrates Hands they brought to him two of their Divines and offered him their Assistance upon the Scaffold which he altogether refused telling them That if they had any good Wishes for him he desired they would spend them in their own Closets and leave him now to seek God in his own Way He had several Offers of the same kind by others which he put off in like manner He was most serious and fervent in Prayers the few hours he lived as the Sentinels observed who were present all the while The Hour being come he was brought to the Place of Execution where he saluted the People on all sides of the Scaffold and after having refreshed himself with a Cordial out of his Pocket he was supported by two Men while he spoke to the People in these words Gentlemen and Brethren It is for all Men that come into the World once to Die and after Death to Judgment and since Death is a Debt that all of us must pay it is but a matter of small moment what way it be done and seeing the Lord is pleased in this manner to take me to himself I confess something hard to Flesh and Blood yet blessed be his Name who hath made me not only Willing but Thankful for his honouring me to lay down the Life he gave for his Name in which were every Hair in this Head and Beard of mine a Life I should joyfully sacrifice them for it as I do this And Providence having brought me hither I thick it most necessary to clear my self of some Aspersions laid on my Name and first That I should have had so horrid an Intention of Destroying the King and his Brother Here he repeated what he had said before to the Justices on this Subject It was also laid to my Charge That I was Antimonarchical It was ever my Thoughts That Kingly Government was the best of all Justly Executed I mean such as by our ancient Laws that is a King and a Legal Free Chosen Parliament The King having as I conceive Power enough to make him Great the People also as much Property as to make them Happy they being as it were contracted to one another And who will deny me that this was not the Just Constituted Government of our Nation How absurd is it then for Men of Sense to maintain That though the one Party of this Contract breaketh all Conditions the other should be obliged to perform their Part No this Error is contrary to the Law of God the Law of Nations and the Law of Reason But as Pride hath been the Bait the Devil hath catched most by ever since the Creation so it continues to this day with us Pride caused our first Parents to fall from the blessed Estate wherein they were created they aiming to be Higher and Wiser than God allowed which brought an everlasting Curse on them and their Posterity It was Pride caused God to Drown the Old World. And it was Nimrod's Pride in building Babel that caused that heavy Curse of Division of Tongues to be spread among us as it is at this day One of the greatest Afflictions the Church of God groaneth under That there should be so many Divisions during their Pilgrimage here but this is their Comfort that the Day draweth near whereas there is but One Shepheard there shall

turn you need not tye me at all I shall not stir from you for I thank God I am not afraid to die As he was going out he said Farewel Newgate Farewel all my Fellow-Prisoners here the Lord comfort you the Lord be with you all The Substance of Alderman Cornish's Speech at the Place of Execution Octob. 23. 1685. taken by one of his Servants I Am come here this day Condemned to die but God is my Witness the Crimes laid to my Charge were falsely and maliciously sworn against me by the Witnesses for I never was at any Consult nor any Meeting where Matters against the Government were discours'd of I never heard nor read any Declaration nor ever acted wilfully any thing against the Government I confess through the Justice of God my private Sins have brought me to this Infamous End yea it were just with God not only to deprive me eternally of his Presence but to condemn me to Eternal Torments but through Christ I hope to be eternally Blessed Yet as to the Crimes for which I suffer on the Words of a dying Man I am altogether Innocent I bless God I was from my younger Years brought up in and have for some Years continued a Protestant in the Communion of the Church of England in which Communion I now die I have often partaken in the Ordinances the blessed Effects and Comfort thereof I now feel in this my Agony I bless God I was born under a Government in the Constitution of which I did ever acquiesce and in which I was once a Member at which time I did according to the best of my Understanding Here be was interrupted by the Sheriff I bless God I was born in a Land of Light where the Gospel hath been Preach'd in Power and Purity He might have brought me forth in a Land of Darkness and Ignorance but blessed be God for Jesus Christ. Then he intreated the Sheriff to Intercede with his Majesty to be kind to his poor Wife and Children The Sheriff promised him to wait on his Majesty the next day about it He replied Mr. Sheriff I thank you the Lord reward you a thousand-fold the Lord put it into the Hearts of you to be kind to the Widdows and Fatherless it is your Duty The Lord put it into the Hearts of all good People to Pray for me More could not be taken by reason of the Noise of the People and Interruption of one of the Sheriffs The SPEECH of Captain WALCOT on Friday the 20th of July 1683. THIS great Concourse of People do not only come here to see me Die but also to hear what I shall say and because I would not be Reproached and thought to be an Atheist when I am gone I have two or three words to speak for my Religion I do believe in Three Persons and one God and I expect and hope to be Saved by the Merits and Righteousness of his Son Christ Jesus without the hope of an advantage by any Merits or Righteousness of my own And I believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God that They were not written according to the will of Man but holy Men of God writ them as they were inspired by the Holy Ghost I believe that these Scriptures ought to be the Rule of our Faith and the method of our Worshipping of God I believe that as Christ is the Head of his Church so he is their Law-giver That it is not in the power of any Council or Conclave of Cardinals or any Power upon Earth whatsoever to set up the Precepts and Traditions of Men and to make them of equal validity with the Word of God. I believe it was not because the Jews rejected and Crucified Christ that he rejected them but because they rejected his Word which appears by the Three thousand that God by one Sermon of Peter's converted they being prickt in their hearts and touched in their Consciences cried out Men and Brethren what shall we do And they were that day added to the Church It was certainly because the Jews rejected the Word and Gospel of Christ that the things were hid from their Eyes which belonged to their peace It is a dreadful thing to reject the Word of God and it is a dreadful thing to live in a sinful course of Life till God withdraws his Spirit from us For it is said It shall not always strive with Man. Death is the wages of Sin. I believe had not Adam sinned he and we his Posterity had not died Death is said to be the King of Terrours but it is only so to those that are terrified with a Terrifying Conscience that have the Arrows of the Almighty sticking in them from convictions of great Guilt and see no hopes of Mercy have no assurance of Pardon but those that are Christ's he takes away the Terrour and Horrour and Sting of Death he enables them to say with Paul To me to live is Christ and to die is Gain He enables not only to get unto Christ but into Christ and so they have Communion and Fellowship with the Father and the Son. It is no hard matter to get the Notions of the Promises of the Gospel into our Heads but unless the Lord is pleased to apply them to our Hearts we cannot believe Except we be in Christ as branches in the Vine we are not Christians indeed It was the Case of poor Francis Spira he was certainly a knowing Man but notwithstanding he had not Faith to apply the Promises Christ hath said that he that believes in him though he were dead yet shall he live and he that lives and believes in him shall never die So if we be able to apply the Promises by the Spirit of God we may have comfort through Faith But then Faith is the gift of God and Faith comes by hearing the Word of God and receiving it in the love of God. I shall not be tedious Mr. Sheriff I shall be very short Mr. Sheriff Take your own time Walcot As to the present occasion of my Death I do neither blame the Judges nor the Jury nor the King's Counsel I only blame some Men that in reality and in truth were deeper concerned and more engaged than I that came in as Witnesses against me who Swore me out of my Life to save their own and who for fear they should not do it effectually contrived that That I will appeal to you all whether there be a probability in it or not For they said I made it a scruple of Conscience to have a hand in killing the King or to imbrue my hands in his Blood but was so generous as to undertake the Charging his Guards whilst others did it and to the end another might do it Truly I will appeal to all that know me whether they believe me so much an Ideot that I should not understand it was the same thing to engage the King's Guards whilst another Killed