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lord_n	day_n	let_v	sabbath_n	10,277	5	9.9520	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33285	Warning for servants, and a caution to Protestants, or, The case of Margret Clark, lately executed for firing her masters house in Southwark faithfully relating the manner (as she affirmed to the last moment of her life) how she was drawn in to that wicked act, set forth under her own hand after condemnation, her penitent behaviour in prison, her Christian advice to visiters, discourses with several ministers, and last words at execution / impartially published, with the attestations of persons of worth, and many substantial eye and ear witnesses, whose names are inserted in this narrative.	Clark, Margaret, d. 1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4483; ESTC R13610	21,290	42

Providence places them in and not covet after great things as I have done and so err from the Rule and have a care of Pride and a worldly mind for this I say Pride and Sabbath-breaking hath been my downfall and I earnestly beg of you for the Lords sake and for your Souls sake to let these Lines and my bad Example be a warning to you Alas I did once enjoy the means of Grace and have lived in good Families yea he against whom I committed this great offence is a very Worthy good Man Oh! I did once frequent the Worship of God and took delight in it and thought I understood something of the Excellency of Christ and the worth of my own Soul but a little before I fell into this Sin I neglected the Worship of God and those precious hours upon the Lords day which formerly I had spent well And thus I have fallen foully and have offended God and Man and my horrible Sin hath made me a publick spectacle to the world I pray all whom I have offended in it for Gods sake to forgive me and I forgive all men that have offended me especially I desire to forgive this John Satterthwait that hath brought me to this untimely and shameful Death which I hope is brought upon me for my good for surely I have obtained Mercy and am joyful to think of my going hence I long to be dissolv'd and to be with Christ even so come Lord Jesus and receive me an unworthy Soul On the Evening of the Sabbath before she was Executed Justice Freeman who was of those that took her first Examination as aforesaid came with many other worthy persons and did again strictly examine her concerning the truth of what she had charged upon Mr. Satterthwait To whom she answered Sir It is all true that I said concerning him when I was before your Worship upon my first Examination and what I have said all along and which I cannot but testifie to the last The Morning before Execution a Minister very seriously discoursed with her about the same business urging and charging her ingeniously and fully to disburthen her Conscience and if she had been guilty of wronging him by a false Accusation to confess it and beg pardon of God and not mock the All-seeing Majesty before whose dreadful presence she must so suddenly appear To which she replyed Alas what will it avail me to accuse any one falsly for as I am condemned so I certainly expect to suffer the Law and what Revenge can I take upon him or hurt do him for he is acquitted by Law I do freely forgive him for whatsoever he hath done against me and desire of the Lord to forgive him and that the Lord would turn his heart For if God doth not turn it I am afraid he will be an Instrument of further Mischief Minist I hope you are not of the same Opinion that the Papists are It is said of them that when they have Confessed to a Priest and taken the Sacrament they can call the great God to witness that they are as clear as the Child unborn and this even when they are most truely and notoriously Guilty Then she answered O Sir I tremble to think that people can call the God of Truth to witness to a Lie as that Person has done God forgive him speaking in reference to Mr. S's printed Vindication wherein he solemnly protests his being Innocent of what she accused him and that he never saw her in his life till after he was apprehended Min. It is reported that you are of a pilfering humour and 't is supposed that your design to Burn your Masters House was that you might have the fairer opportunity of Robbing him and that you thereby might be the less suspected Margaret I cannot help what malicious people throw upon me For this is nothing but the malice of them against me I never was guilty of such a thing neither will my Master De la Noy say it Sir I do assure you that what I speak is true for I am e're long to go into Eternity and must appear before the great God who will judge me for my words and Actions therefore I dare not tell a Lie And Sir if I had had a design to have Robb'd my Master I had many Opportunities of doing it and as likely a way to escape as this For my Master trusted me with his Plate and my Mistresses Jewels all which I might have come at and made away with them had I been so disposed when they were out of Town Note That Mr. De la Noy being since spoken unto about this matter did declare that he believed what she said was true And as to some Tape-lace and a small Silver Spoon that was found in her Boxe the same were of no considerable value and that it was his opinion she had taken them rather by Accident or for present use than with any design to steal or make advantage by selling them since she might have taken as easily things of far greater worth which she had not moved nor meddled with Though all the time of her Imprisonment she was very penitently and frequently bewailing her sins yet did not enjoy as far as could be perceived any comfort in her soul or fense of Pardon and Reconciliation with God through Christ till after she was Condemn'd and then she seem'd full of consolation and neither to be desirous of longer Life nor fearfull of Death spending her time in Prayer and Praises or godly Discourses and Admonitions to such as Visited her Margaret Clarkes Behaviour and Words at her Execution FIrst As she was going into the Cart she said This is the Blessedest day to me God hath turned my great evil to my good Oh! this is my wedding-Wedding-day I shall surely be married to my Saviour Oh Lord that ever I should offend so good and gracious a God as Thou art Oh the Joyes I long to be at the The Place As soon as the Cart stood still under the Gallows she looked up and said I am going now to the glory to the glory which God hath prepared for me for I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ I cast my Soul in his Arms Lord I come unto Thee A Gentleman interrupted her and said Margaret What did induce you to This speak the Truth now and have a great care of speaking a Lye She answered and said John Satterthwait he 's the Man he 's the Man And it it is all true what I said of him all along All that I said of John Satterthwait is all True No Man but John Satterthwait kindled Those Fires the Lord Forgive him he 's the man that brought me to This I do forgive him from my heart A Gentleman said How long were you acquainted with him She said He came to me every day from Monday to Sabbath day and promised me two Thousand pounds to let him in to do that wicked Act in my Masters House Whereupon one

were at home And I answered him no and he told me that he hoped he should have an opportunity to speak with me for he had something to say And I answered him if he had any thing to say I should be so civil to give him the hearing when I had time for then I was in haste Then he came on the next day with the same Request and I returned the same Answer Then he Third time being Wednesday he came again and used great Importunity and expressed some kindnesses as if he had been a Suitor and prevailed with me to go into the Borrough with him to an Alehouse where were two Men more of his company and after some little time of discourse he propounded to me this wicked and horrid Design which I was to have been ingaged in with them that is to let them into my Masters House to set it on Fire and for a Reward they promised me Two thousand pounds which Sum I was to receive at the Fleece Tavern in Holborn inquiring for a Rom in the said Tavern called the Figure Nine Then coming out of the Alehouse they would f●n have had me away with them saying Come let us take Coach and go into Fleetstreet for said they there we have a Priest of ours who Lodges at a Grocers that shall Confess you and give you the Sacrament I told him I could not possibly go then So this John Satterthwait went homewards with mealmost to my Masters Oate and as we went along he charged me that I should not divulge it to any person in the world living for if I did I should certainly dye for it and that quickly in this world and be damn'd in other Then he came on the next day and gave me the same charge to keep it secret And then on Saturday he came and inquired of me the best time that he might come to do this most horrid and devillish Action saying Would not four or five of the clock be a good time And I said Yes Accordingly he came and conveyed himself into the Dye-house or thereabouts while Nine or Ten of the Clock that Evening about which time the Fire was discovered Whereupon with the fear and dread he had put upon me I did deny it to the company that came in to quench it but after that he was there whom I saw amongst the rest of the company but I had much horrour upon my Conscience and after some short time I confest the whole Crime for which I now dye And my Examination before Justice Reading and Justice Freeman was all true And this I affirm and do desire all Protestants to believe that John Satterthwait kindled those three Fires in my Masters House First in the Dye-house by the Pump secondly in the Buttery and thirdly in the Garret which last Fire he kindled whilest the People were putting out the other And I do declare in the words of a dying Maid that I was under great trouble of Conscience and was many times about discovering it but could not Satans Temptations and the wickedness of my own heart did so much prevail with me Oh that covetous design of gaining the Moneys was that which I desire all who read these Lines which I have writ to beware of I saw him among the People in the House very busie and I made signs at him to discover him but the people being in a great hurry did not mind the things I then said to them I do also think in my conscience that if my Master had examined me I should have declared the whole matter for I gave out often suspicious words of my fear of Fire and on the Friday before this happened I went out to a friends house and there I was so afflicted and troubled in my mind that they took notice of it and one that went with me thither was importunate with me to know the reason of my trouble but the Devil had so subtilly ingag'd my wicked heart that I could not tell him But to pass by my Conviction and Imprisonment which you have all heard of and to come to this one thing which fell out in the time of my Confinement in Prison which I bless God for rather than that my most Loving and Honoured Master with I know not how many others should have suffered by my wicked compliance with that Man That which I speak of is this When I had been about three weeks in Prison I was then walking in the Yard having that liberty granted me by the Jaylor there John Satterthwait look'd out of a Window and said to me Are you there I wish I could come to you I would spoil your telling of Tales but I gave him no answer neither do I desire his hurt or death but beg of God while I am here in this world Repentance for him and oh that God would give him a sense of these his great Sins both in tempting me and his designing the ruine of many Thousands of Families I can say before the Lord I desire not his Death it would have been but a poor relief for me to have had him dyed with me But this I must and will declare before I go hence and am no more seen That John Satterthwait though he was clear'd by the Jury was Guilty as I said before that is of making those three Fires and I only did consent and let him in Now I would not have you to think that I have written this to lessen or excuse my own fault I deserve Death nay a worser Death for consenting to so horrid a wickedness even eternal Death But now I hope that through the Merits of Jesus Christ alone not trusting to my own Works or Pardons from Men as I fear the Papists do depend upon to be saved from Eternal Fire and that I shall be justified freely by his Grace through the Redemption which he hath purchased with his own blood Whereas there is a Report that is gone commonly about that I had stol'n many of my Masters things as Plate c. I think it fit now I am to dye to give the World an Account of what I then took the things which I had then put into my Box was a little Tape Lace and other frivolous things which now makes me wonder why I then put them up for I might have put up Jewels and Plate which was under my Charge to the value of some Hundreds of pounds but as to the carrying out of a Box which I was met with it is a most false report for I was so full of horror and trouble of Conscience that I did not then think of my Box. And now I desire all that read these Lines would consider and have a great care how they break the Lords Day for my neglecting thereof was the first step to my downfall and I desire this downfall of mine may be a warning to all young Men and Maids Oh! let them be content with the places that God by his