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mercy_n	earth_n	heaven_n	lord_n	9,392	5	3.8627	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63304	A true account of the behaviour, confessions, and last dying words, of Abraham Bigs, Richard Cabourn, Jane Langworth, and Elizabet Stoaks At Tyburn, on Wednesday the 21th. of December, 1684 for high-treason murther, felony and burglary, &c. Printed by order, &c.		1684 (1684)	Wing T2354; ESTC R219364	4,837	4

A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR CONFESSIONS AND Last Dying Words OF Abraham Bigs Richard Cabourn Jane Langworth and Elizabet Stoaks AT TYBURN On Wednesday the 21th of December 1684 for High-Treason Murther Felony and Burglary c. Printed by ORDER c. STRANGE it is that the Fatal and untimely Ends of such as suffer for Crimes Notorious should not deter others from running into the like Extravegances thereby to reender themselves obnoxious to the to the Law or that the expiring Confessions of such as have made their Exits by untimely Death should not be a sufficient Warning yet not to prolong so serious a Matter I shall proceed to give the Reader an Impartial Account of the Behaviour and Last Dying Speeches of the Persons Executed c. Abraham Bigs an old Offender being tryed and cast for breaking open the House of John Middleton and stealing thence divers Goods of value as wearing Apparrel Puter plate and other Materials of considerable Value and receiving Sentence thereupon it was observed that after he returned to Newgate he behav'd himself with much mildness and decencie greatly bewailing his past mispent Life saying that he had been a grievour Sinner Guilty of many Robberies yet he hoped not but God out of his infinite Mercys though far beyond his deserts would pardon his many Transgressions and by giving him a timely since of his Impieties suffer him at least in these the latter Moments of his Life to lay hold on him by Faith that so his Mercy might be sufficient for him that he might be saved through the meritorious Death and Passion of his Blessed Saviour and Redeemer adding that he knew his sins too great to be pardoned without the commiseration of a most Gracious Saviour whose death he confessed was a Plenary and satisfactory Sacrifice for the sins of the whole World saying that he had been a sinner in the suparlative degree Guilty of all manner of Offences as to Robery except that of the High-Pad but was not able to make restitution for the wrong he had done which if he had been he would gladly have made retaliation To such Divines as attended out of their charitable inclination him and his condemned Fellows to give them Sacred instructions relating to their Immortal well-fare He gave great attention never thinking himself sufficiently assured of Life and Salvation continuing desirous of instructions on that occasion not only during his confinement in Prisong but at Tyburn Abraham Bigs being brought to the place of Execution and well observing that there was no hopes of mercy in giving his life a longer date greatly bewailed himself praying very frequently and desiring God of his infinite-Mercy not to lay his manifold Transgressions to his Charge saying that he had for his reitterated Offences long before deserved Death but now offended Justice had overtaken him He confessed he had been Guilty of many Roberies and for many years subsisted by no other maintenance than what he got by his unlawful Practices having defrauded many and been instrumental in drawing away Youths to Leudness as himself had been drawn away He once not imagining he should have followed such a Course of life as must inevitably undo him but addicting himself to bad company in his Youth he was inticed and drawn away by his Lusts to satisfie which he left no wickedness that seemed pleasing in his Eyes unattempted desiring the Spectators to let him be an Example to them and that his shameful untimely End might deter them from Associating themselves with Evil Company which had been his ruin by intraping him in a snare that had brought upon him a disgraceful Death but he hoped through the Meritorious Death and Passion of his merciful Redeemer he should find Mercy at the hands of the great Judge of Heaven and Earth desiring all present to pray for him Mr. Ordnary observing him very penitent the better to know how he stood affected as to this future State desired him to pray audibly which he did rehearsing the Lords Prayer with much fervency desiring that others would pray for him and so continued extreamly penitent to the last Richard Caborn Tryed and found Guilty for Clipping the Lawful Coin of this Kingdom as King Charles the First 's Half Crowns Shillings and Sixpences he owning the Fact receieved Sentence as in cases of High-Treason upon which being sensible of his great and grieveus offence he declared himself much afflicted in mind for leaving his more advantageous Employ to take such unlawful Practices in hand which had in the End brought him to a shameful Death desiring those that came to visit him that they would beware of bad Company which had been to him a snare drawing him into the ill conveniencies that had forfaited his Life to the Law and for which according to Conviction he was to suffer adding that he might have lived happily had he followed his own Employment But for his sins he said God had given him over to follow these Extravegances that ended in his ruin To the Sermon preached on Sunday last he was very attentive desiring his fellow Convicts to give serious attention to what concern'd their Immortal Business and so continued to the day of Execution not rejecting any advice tending to the Immortal well-fare of his soul Richard Caborn being drawn in a Sledge to the place of Execution and there put into the Cart with Eyes and hands lifted up besought the great God of Heaven an Earth to have Mercy upon his poor soul which had but a few Moments respit e'r it must appear before him and least his prayers should be Insufficient to attoan for his manifold Transgressions he earnestly desired the hearty Union of the Spectators in praying with him his Prayer to himself ended he said he had been well decended and brought up in Learning and such other Educations as accomplished him to live in the World but degenerating from his first Principals he fell into Evil Company who drew him into such Practices as were unlawful and by reitterating his Crimes he was imboldened to wade deeper and fall into the snare that had brought him to ruin and confusion yet he hoped not but there was through the infinite goodness of his God Mercy in store tho' by him undeserved for his immortal soul for whose Wellfare he was more so licitous than Life yet desired all to take warning by his downfal and that they would out of all Love beware of Evil Company which had brought him to practice what had been the occasion of his shame Himself being no ways inclined thereto had he not been over perswaded Mr. Ordnary perceiving him very ardent in his Expressions desired him to pray saying he would afterward pray for him when lifting up his voice he prayed earnestly desiring the Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth to have mercy upon him and strengthen him in his sufferings Pardoning his manifold Offences and forgiving him all that was past A while after turning to a Friend