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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	forgive_v	lord_n	trespass_n	3,175	5	10.9711	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69768	Excellent contemplations, divine and moral written by the magnanimous and truly loyal Arthur Lord Capel, Baron of Hadham ; together with some account of his life, and his letters to several persons whilst he was prisoner in the tower ... likewise his affectionate letters to his lady, the day before his death ... March 9, 1648, with his pious advice to his son the late Earl of Essex.	Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, Baron, 1610?-1649.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649. His speech on the Scaffold, March 9, 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing C469; ESTC R4075	81,286	218

wish the Kingdoms happiness I wish it peace and truly Sir I wish that this blood of mine may be the last that is drawn and howsoever I may perhaps have some reluctancy with my self as to the matter of my Fact for my suffering for my Fact yet I freely forgive all Sir I earry no rancour along with me to my Grave His Will be done that has created both Heaven and Earth and me a poor miserable sinful Creature now speaking before him For me to speak Sir to you of State-business and the Government of the Kingdom or my opinion in that or for any thing in that nature truly it is to no end it contributes nothing My own inclination hath been to peace from the beginning and it is known to many that I never was an ill instrument betwixt the King and his people I never acted to the prejudice of the Parliament I bore no Arms I medled not with it I was not wanting by my Prayers to God Almighty for the Happiness of the King and truly I shall pray still that God may so direct him as that may be done which shall tend to his Glory and the Peace and Happiness of the Kingdom I have not much more to say that I remember of I think I have spoken of my Religion D. Sibbald Your Lordship has not so fully said it Camb. Truly I do believe I did say something D. Sibbald I know you did it is pleasing to hear it from your Lordship again Camb. Truly Sir for the profession of my Religion that which I said was the established Religion and that which I have practiced in my own Kingdom where I was born and bred my Tenents they need not to be exprest they are known to all and I am not of a rigid Opinion many Godly men there is that may have scruples which do not concern me at all at no time they may differ in Opinion and now more than at any time differing in Opinion does not move me not any mans my own is clear Sir The Lord forgive me my sins and I forgive freely all those that even I might as a worldly man have the greatest animosity against We are bidden to forgive Sir 'T is a command laid upon us and there mentioned Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us D. Sibbald 'T is our Saviours rule Love your Enemies Bless them that curse you pray for them that persecute you do good to them that despightfully use you Camb. Sir it is high time for me to make an end of this and truly I remember no more that I have to say but to pray to God Almighty a few words and then I have done Then kneeling down with D. Sibbald he prayed thus MOst Blessed Lord I thy poor and most unworthy servant come unto thee presuming in thy infinite Mercy and the Merits of Jesus Christ who sits upon the Throne I come flying from that of Justice to that of Mercy and Tenderness for his sake which shed his Blood for sinners that he would take compassion upon me that he would look upon me as one that graciously hears me that he would look upon me as one that hath Redeemed me that he would look upon me as one that hath shed his Blood for me that he would look upon me as one who now calls and hopes to be saved by his all-sufficient merits For his sake glorious God have compassion upon me in the freeness of thy infinite mercy that when this sinful soul of mine shall depart out of this frail carcass of clay I may be carryed into thy Everlasting Glory O Lord by thy free Grace and out of thy infinite mercy hear me and look down and have compassion upon me and thou Lord Jesus thou my Lord and thou my God and thou my Redeemer hear me take pity upon me take pity upon me Gracious God and so deal with my soul that by thy precious merits I may attain to thy joy and bliss O Lord remember me so miserable and sinful a Creature now thou O Lord thou O Lord that dyedst for me receive me and receive me into thine own bound of mercy O Lord I trust in thee suffer me not now to be confounded Satan has had too long possession of this soul O let him not now prevail against it but let me O Lord from henceforth dwell with thee for evermore Now Lord it is thy time to hear me hear me Gracious Jesus even for thy own Goodness Mercy and Truth O Glorious God O Blessed Father O Holy Redeemer O Gracious Comforter O Holy and Blessed Trinity I do render up my soul into thy hands and commit it with the Mediation of my Redeemer Praising thee for all thy Dispensation that it has pleased thee to confer upon me and even for this Praise and Honour and Thanks from this time forth for evermore D. Sibbald My Lord I trust you now behold with the Eye of Faith the Son of Righteousness shining upon your Soul and will cheerfully submit unto Him who hath Redeemed us through his Blood even the Blood of Jesus Christ that you may appear at the Tribunal of God cloathed with the White Robe of his Unspotted Righteousness The Lord grant that with the Eye of Faith you may now see the Heavens opened and Jesus Christ standing at the Right Hand of God ready to receive you into his Arms of Mercy Camb. Then the Earl turning to the Executioner said Shall I put on another Cap Must this Hair be turned up from my Neck There are Three of my Servants to give Satisfaction D. Sibbald My Lord I hope you are able to give all that are about you Satisfaction you are assured that God is reconciled unto you through the Blood of Christ Jesus and the Spirit of the Lord witnesseth to you that Christ is become now a Jesus unto you My Lord fasten the Eyes of your Faith upon Jesus the Author and Finisher of your Salvation who himself was brought to a violent Death for the Redemption of Mankind He chearfully submitted to his Father's good Pleasure in it and for us Blessed and Holy is he that hath part my Lord in the first Resurrection that is in the first Riser Jesus Christ who is both the Resurrection and the Life Over him the Second Death shall have no Power 'T is the unspeakable Joy of a Believer that at the Hour of Death his Soul hath an immediate Passage from this earthly Tabernacle to that Region of endless Glory yea to the Presence of God himself in whose Presence is fulness of Joy and at whose Right Hand there are Pleasures for evermore Then the Earl of Cambridge turning to the Executioner said Which way is it that you would have me lie Sir Execut. The Executioner pointing to the Front of the Scaffold the Earl replied What my Head this way Then the Undersheriffs Son said My Lord the Order is That you should lay your Head towards the High Court

of Justice The Earl of Cambridge after a little Discourse in private with some of his Servants kneeled down on the Side of the Scaffold and prayed a while to himself When he had finisht his Prayer D. Sibbald spake to him thus My Lord I humbly beseech God that you may now with an Holy and Christian Courage give up your Soul to the Hand of your faithful Creator and gracious Redeemer and not be dismayed with any sad Apprehension of the Terrors of this Death And what a blessed and glorious Exchange you shall make within a very few Minutes Then with a cheefful and smiling Countenance the Earl embracing the Doctor in his Arms said Camb. Truly Sir I do take you in mine Arms and truly I bless God for it I do not fear I have an Assurance that is grounded here laying his Hand upon his Heart now that gives me more true Joy than ever I had I pass out of a miserable World to go into an Eternal and Glorious Kingdom And Sir though I have been a most sinful Creature yet God's Mercy I know is infinite and I bless my God for it I go with so clear a Conscience that I know not the Man that I have personally injured D. Sibbald My Lord it is a marvellous great Satisfaction that at this last Hour you can say so I beseech the Lord for his Eternal Mercy strengthen your Faith that in the very moment of your Dissolution you may see the Arms of the Lord Jesus stretched out ready to receive your Soul Then the Earl of Cambridge embracing those his Servants which were there present said to each of them You have been very faithful to me and the Lord bless you Camb. Then turning to the Executioner said I shall say a very short Prayer to my God while I lie down there and when I stretch out my Hand my Right Hand then Sir do your Duty And I do freely forgive you and so I do all the World D. Sibbald The Lord in great Mercy go along with You and bring You to the Possession of Everlasting Life strengthening Your Faith in Jesus Christ This is a Passage My Lord a short Passage unto Eternal Glory I hope through the Free Grace of Your gracious God You are now able to say O Death where is thy Sting O Grave where is thy Victory And to make this comfortable Answer Blessed be God blessed be God who hath given me an Assurance of Victory thro' Christ Jesus Then the Earl of Cambridge said to the Executioner Must I lie all along Execut. Yes and 't please your Lordship Camb. When I stretch out my Hands But I will fit my Head first tell me if I be right and how you would have me lie Execut. Your shirt must be pinn'd back for it lies too high upon your Shoulders Which was done accordingly D. Sibbald My Lord Now now lift up Your Eyes unto Jesus Christ and cast Your self now into the Everlasting Arms of Your gracious Redeemer Then the Earl having laid his Head over the Block said Is this right D. Sibbald Jesus the Son of David have Mercy upon You. Execut. Lie a little lower Sir Camb. Well Stay then till I give you the Sign And so having lain a short space devoutly praying to himself he stretched out his Right Hand whereupon the Executioner at one Blow severed his Head from his Body which was received by two of his Servants then kneeling by him into a Crimson Taffety Scarff and that with the Body immediately put into a Coffin brought upon the Scaffold for that purpose and from thence conveyed to the House that was Sir John Hamilton's at the Mews This Execution being done the Sheriffs Guard went immediately to meet the Earl of Holland which they did in the Mid-way between the Scaffold and Westminster-Hall and the Under-Sheriffs Son having received him into his Charge conducted him to the Scaffold he taking Mr. Balton all the way in his Hand passed all along to the Scaffold discoursing together Upon which being come observing his Voice would not reach to the People in regard the Guard compassed the Scaffold he said Henry Lord Rich Earl of Holland His Speech on the Scaffold immediately before his Death March 9. 1649. Holland IT is to no purpose I think to speak any thing here Which way must I speak And then being directed to the front of the Scaffold he leaning over the Rayls said I think it is fit to say something since God hath called me to this place The first thing which I must profess is what concerns my Religion and my Breeding which hath been in a good Family that hath ever been faithful to the true Protestant Religion in the which I have been bred in the which I have lived and in the which by Gods Grace and Mercy I shall dye I have not lived according to that Education I had in that Family where I was born and bred I hope God will forgive me my sins since I conceive it is very much his pleasure to bring me to this place for the sins that I have committed The cause that hath brought me hither I believe by many hath been much mistaken They have conceived that I have had ill Designs to the State and to the Kingdom Truly I look upon it as a Judgment and a just Judgment of God not but I have offended so much the State and the Kingdom and the Parliament as that I have had no extream vanity in serving them very extraordinarily For those Actions that I have done I think it is known they have been ever very faithful to the Publick and very particularly to Parliaments My Affections have been ever exprest truly and clearly to them The dispositions of Affairs now have put things in another posture than they were when I was engaged with the Parliament I have never gone off from those Principles that ever I have professed I have lived in them and by God's Grace will die in them There may be Alterations and Changes that may carry them further than I thought reasonable and truly there I left them But there hath been nothing that I have said or done or professed either by Covenant or Declaration which hath not been very constant and very clear upon the principles that I ever have gone upon which was to serve the King the Parliament Religion I should have said in the first place the Commonwealth and to seek the Peace of the Kingdom That made me think it no improper time being prest out by Accidents and Circumstances to seek the Peace of the Kingdom which I thought was proper since there was something then in Agitation but nothing agreed on for sending Propositions to the King that was the furthest aim that I had and truly beyond that I had no intention none at all And God be praised although my blood comes to be shed here there was I think scarce a drop of blood shed in that Action that I was ingaged in For the

present Affairs as they are I cannot tell how to judge of them and truly they are in such a condition as I conceive no body can make a judgment of them and therefore I must make use of Prayers rather than of my Opinion which are That God would bless this Kingdom this Nation this State that he would settle it in a way agreeable to what this Kingdom hath been happily governed under by a King by the Lords by the Commons a Government that I conceive it hath flourished much under and I pray God the change of it bring not rather a prejudice a disorder and a confusion than the contrary I look upon the Posterity of the King and truly my Conscience directs me to it to desire that if God be pleased that these people may look upon them with that affection that they owe that they may be called in again and they may be not through blood nor through disorder admitted again into that Power and to that Glory that God in their birth intended to them I shall pray with all my Soul for the Happiness of this State of this Nation that the blood which is here spilt may even be the last that may fall among us and truly I should lay down my life with as much chearfulness as ever Person did if I conceived that there would be no more blood follow us for a State or Affairs that are built upon blood is a Foundation for the most part that doth not prosper After the Blessing that I give to the Nation to the Kingdom and truly to the Parliament I do wish with all my Heart Happiness and a Blessing to all those that have been Authors in this business and truly that have been Authors in this very work that bringeth us hither I do not only forgive them but I pray heartily and really for them as God will forgive my sins so I desire God may forgive them I have a particular relation as I am Chancellor of Cambridge and truly I must here since it is the last of my prayers pray to God that that University may go on in that happy way which it is in that God may make it a Nursery to plant those persons that may be distributed to the Kingdom that the souls of the people may receive a great benefit and a great advantage by them and I hope God will reward them for their kindness and their affections that I have found from them I have said what Religion I have been bred in what Religion I have been born in what Religion I have practised I began with it and I must end with it I told you that my Actions and my Life have not been agreeable to my Breeding I have told you likewise that the Family where I was bred hath been an Exemplary Family I may say so I hope without vanity of much Affection to Religion and of much faithfulness to this Kingdom and to this State I have endeavoured to do those Actions that became an honest Man and a good English man and which became a good Christian I have been willing to oblige those that have been in trouble those that have been in persecution and truly I find a great reward of it for I have found their Prayers and their Kindness now in this distress and in this condition and I think it a great reward I pray God reward them for it I am a great sinner and I hope God will be pleased to hear my Prayers to give me faith to trust in him that as he hath called me to death at this place he will make it but a passage to an Eternal Life through Jesus Christ which I trust to which I rely upon and which I expect by the mercy of God And so I pray God bless you all and send that you may see this to be the last Execution and the last Blood that is likely to be spilt among you And then turning to the side-rayl he prayed for a good space of time after which Mr. Bolton said My Lord Now look upon him whom you have trusted My Lord I hope that here is your last prayer there will no more prayers remain but praises and I hope that after this day is over there will a day begin that shall never have end and I look upon this my Lord the morning of it the morning of that day My Lord You know where your fulness lies where your riches lie where is your only rock to anchor on you know there is fulness in Christ If the Lord comes not in with fulness of comfort to you yet resolve to wait upon him while you live and to trust in him when you die and then say I will dye here I will perish at thy feet I will be found dead at the feet of Jesus Christ Certainly he that came to seek and save lost sinners will not reject lost sinners when they come to seek him He that intreateth us to come will not slight us when we come to intreat him My Lord there is enough there and fix your heart there and fix your eyes there that eye of Faith and that eye of Hope exercise these Graces now there will be no exercise hereafter As your Lordship said here take an end of Faith and take an end of Hope and take a farewel of Repentance and all these and welcome God and welcome Christ and welcome Glory and welcome Happiness to all Eternity and so it will be an happy passage then if it be a passage here from Misery to Happiness And though it be but a sad way yet if it will bring you into the presence of joy although it be a Valley of Tears although it be a Shadow of Death yet if God will please to bring you and make it a passage to that Happiness welcome Lord. And I doubt not but God will give you an heart to taste some sweetness and love in this bitter Potion and to see something of mercy and goodness to you and shew you some sign and token of good so that your soul may see that which we have had already of experience of blessed be God for it many experiences many expressions not only in words nor tears God hath not left us without much comfort and evidence and I hope my Lord You that have given so many Evidences to us I hope you want none Your self but that the Lord will be pleased to support You and bear up your Spirit and if there want Evidence there is reliance my security lies not in my knowing that I shall come to Heaven and come to Glory but in my resting and relying upon him when the Anchor of Faith is thrown out there may be shakings and tossings but there is safety nothing shall interrupt safety although something may interrupt security my safety is sure although I apprehend it not and what if I go to God in the dark What if I come to him as Nicodemus did staggering in the night It is a