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A49553
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Mr. Langhorn's memoires, with some meditations and devotions of his, during his imprisonment as also his petition to His Majesty, and his speech at his execution.
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Langhorne, Richard, 1654-1679.
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which I can desire Nothing that I can fear I shall no more want any good God shall be unto me all in all And my All to all Eternity VII IT is told me I must Dye O Happy News I shall be freed from Misery I shall no more suffer Pain I shall no more be subject to Sin I shall no more be in danger of being damned But from henceforth I shall see and I shall live I shall praise and I shall bless And this I shall alwayes do Without ever being weary Of doing what I alwayes am to do VIII IT is told me I must Dye O what Happiness I am going To the place of my rest To the Land of the Living To the Haven of Security To the Kingdom of Peace To the Palace of my God To the Nuptials of the Lamb To sit at the Table of my King To feed on the Bread of Angels To see what no Eye hath seen To hear what no Ear hath heard To enjoy what the heart of man cannot comprehend IX IT is told me I must Dye O News of Joy Let us go my Soul I am content I joyfully renounce this Life And render it back to him that gave it me I remit my Spirit into his hands I recommend my Soul and Body to my Jesus I accept this Death most willingly And offer it with the Merits of Jesus As a satisfaction for my many Sins I believe every thing that he hath revealed I hope for every thing that he hath promised I acknowledge and know my own nothingness I give him all that I can call my own I am willing to Dye For his Glory For his Love Out of Gratitude for his Favors And to satisfie his Justice I am willing to Dye for him as he Dyed for me I am willing to Dye To see my Jesus To love my Jesus To bless my Jesus And to sing his Praises to all Eternity Come on my Soul let us go and rejoyce He who by his Grace hath enabled thee to know Thy own Miseries And his Mercies He who hath enabled thee to Detest thy self And to relie on him Commands thee to shake off all Fear It is not for any thing in thee That he enables thee to these Acts Or that he loves thee and will save thee He doth it because he is God Perfect Love and perfect Goodness X. O Father of Mercy Behold thy Child who hath been a Prodigal Who having wasted all his Goods And spent his time in Vanity Drawn by thy Grace and Love Is now returning to thy house And humbly begs for Pardon at thy hands Alas I have lived as without reason Since first I had the use of reason I have done nothing of my self but evil From the time that I first knew what Good was I have sinned against Heaven and against thee I deserve not the Title of thy Son Or to have admittance into thy house And though I am wholly Innocent Of the Crime for which I am sentenced now to Dye Yet from thy hands I have deserved a Death to All Eternity But thou hast made me know That thou canst not cease to be a Father For my having often ceased to comport my self As thy Child Thou canst not lose thy Goodness By my having often forgotten my Gratitude Thou canst not forget to be a Father of Mercy By my having become a Child of Misery XI O my Father O Thou the best of all Fathers Have pity on the most wretched of all thy Children I was lost but by thy Mercy am now found I was dead but by thy Grace am now raised again I was gone astray after Vanity But am now ready to appear before thee O my Father Come now in mercy and receive thy Child Give him the Kiss of Peace Remit unto him all his Sins Cloath him with thy Nuptial Robe Receive him into thy House Permit him to have a place at thy Feast And forgive all those who are Guilty of his Death XII O Jesu The Comforter of the Afflicted The Refuge of the Oppressed The Redeemer of the Captives The Hope of the Distressed Behold I address unto thee Who never drivest any from thee Who approach unto thee with Faith Hope and Love My Heart tells thee That it burns with a desire to see thee And that for that end it is impatient to Dye Come sweet Jesu Come quickly Draw my Soul from this Prison Recall me from this Panishment Conduct me to my dear Countrey Behold the Just expect me My Friends reach out their Arms towards me O how beautiful are thy Tabernacles O how admirable is thy Palace O what content shall I have with thee What Happiness in thy Company I Dye with a desire to Dye Come blessed Jesus And receive my Spirit Which languisheth to be with thee Into thy hands O Jesus I recommend my Spirit Acts of Resignation Thanksgiving FAITH HOPE and LOVE BLessed Jesus who art the Way the Truth And the Life Behold I do most willingly Take up and bear my Cross as thou hast Commanded me and do give thee most humble Thanks that thou art pleased to dignifie My Death with so many circumstances of Thy most Sacred Passion as thou art pleased To bestow on it I firmly believe O my Jesus whatsoever Thou hast proposed unto me by thy Holy Catholique And Apostolique Church because thou hast spoken it Blessed be thy Name that by thy Grace I have Lived in this Faith and that thou hast pleased To think me worthy to Dye for it On thee O my Jesus I profess wholly and solely To relie and to hope in thee and in thy Blood With so much love shed for me by which I Firmly conside That thou wilt save me Though most unworthy I love thee O my Jesus For thy self and beg that thou wilt increase That Love in me I am sorry O my God from my Heart and Soul that I have at any time sinned Against thee and this as I hope by thy grace for The Love of thee Several Acts of my SOUL upon the last words of our blessed JESUS I Do from my heart O my Jesus pardon all my Enemies and particularly those upon whose false And untrue Testimonies I am adjudged to Dye for Crimes of which thou my Jesus knowest and their Consciences at the dreadful Day of Judgment Must testifie that I am wholly innocent Father Forgive them they know not what they do Behold O my Jesus I am now coming unto thee Confirm it unto my Soul by thy holy Spirit that This day I shall be with thee in Paradise O Lamb of God who upon thy Cross didst adopt me In the person of St. John to be the Son of thy Blessed Mother and before whose Throne thy Holy Saints now offer the Incense of Prayer for thy Servants upon earth mercifully receive those Prayers which are addressed to thee for me the most Vnworthy of thy Creatures O blessed Jesus who upon thy Cross wert pleased To suffer an Abandonment to the
also great Advantages as to Preferments and Estates offered unto me since this Judgment was against me in case I would have forsaken my Religion and owned my self Guilty of the Crime charged against me and charged the same Crimes upon others But blessed be my God who by his Grace hath preserved me from yielding to those Temptations and strengthened me rather to choose this Death than to stain my Soul with Sin and to charge others against Truth with Crimes of which I do not know that any Person is Guilty Having said what concerns me to say as to my Self I now humbly beseech God to bless the King's Majesty with all Temporal and Eternal Blessings and to preserve Him and his Government from all Treasons and Traytors whatsoever and that His Majesty may never fall into such hands as His Royal Father of Glorious Memory fell into I also humbly beseech thee O God to give true Repentance and Pardon to all my Enemies and most particularly to the said Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe and to all who have been any ways accessary to the taking away of my Life and the shedding of my innocent Blood or to the preventing the King's Mercy from being extended unto me and likewise to all those who rejoyced at the Judgment given against me or at the execution of the said Judgment and to all those who are or shall be so unchristianly uncharitable as to disbelieve and to refuse to give credit unto my now Protestations And I beseech thee O my God to bless this whole Nation and not to lay the Guilt of my Blood unto the Charge of this Nation or of any other particular Person or Persons of this Nation Unite all O my God unto thee and thy Church by true Faith Hope and Charity for thy mercies sake And for all those who have shewed Charity to me I humbly beg O my Jesus that thou wilt reward them with all Blessings both Temporal and Eternal 13 July 1679. R. Langhorne HAving given you now Reader the Speech at length which Mr. Langhorne had prepared for the Reason he mentions against his Execution it will not be perchance ungrateful to you to know that when he came down from his Chamber at Newgate to be put into the Sledge he had it with him but the Sheriff telling him that he must use no Papers at the Gallows took it away so that he repeated there so much of it only as he could remember therefore to satisfie the Curiosity of those also that would know what and how much that was I shall here give you the Particulars with some other things that occurr'd before he was turned over When the Hangman was putting the Rope over his Head he took it into his hands and kissed it Afterwards said I do not know whether you will allow me liberty of Speech or no and the Noise of the People being so great that I believe it is impossible to speak to be beard SILENCE was Commanded Mr. L. I would gladly speak to Mr. Sheriff HOW who coming up to him he addressed himself thus Mr. Sheriff I having some doubt whether I should be suffered to speak in relation to my Innocency and Loyalty I did for that Reason prepare what I had to say and what I intended to say in Writing and it is delivered into your hands Mr. Sheriff and therefore for the particular and precise Words and Expressions I do refer my self to that and I hope you will be so just to my Memory that you will permit it to be seen I shall therefore make only a short Preface and I do declare in the Presence of the Eternal God and as I hope to be saved by the Merits and Death of my dear Jesus That I am not Guilty directly or indirectly of any Crime that was sworn against me I do not speak this to Arraign the Court of Publick Justice either Judges or Jury but those Men that did swear it and the Jury had liberty to believe or not believe as they pleased And I do likewise say with the same Averrment That I did never in my Life see any Commissions or Patent or any Writing or any other Thing under the hand of Johannes Paulus de Oliva c. S. Nor under no other hand L. No nor under any other hand of any Commission or Patents for the Raising of an Army or any Thing else against the King S. What was the Patents for for Nothing L. I never saw any nor do I believe there was any And whereas I have read in a Narrative that I sent a Commission by my Son to the Lord Arundel of Warder and that I deliver'd another to the Lord Petre or Peters with my own hands I take God to Witness that I never saw him in my life or ever to my knowledge saw the face of that Lord nor did I send or know of any thing that was sent to my Lord Arundel of Warder of that nature S. Shorten your business you have Mr. Langhorne and your Party so many wayes to Equivocate and after Absolution you may say any thing L. I refer my self to that Paper I gave you Mr. Sheriff S. I think it is not fit to be Printed I will do you no wrong L I do not think you will S. You have already printed a Paper or some body for you L. Sir I did not Print it and it was done without any Direction or Permission of mine The Lord preserve His Majesty from all manner of Treason and preserve Him from falling into such Hands as His Royal Father of Glorious Memory fell under I pray God to forgive my Enemies as I freely do those that Accused me those that Witnessed against me and all others that either desired my Blood or rejoyce at the shedding of it and all Persons that have any wayes concern'd themselves with me I freely forgive them with all my Soul and beg my dear Jesus to forgive them and all others God Almighty bless you and bless the whole Nation and the Government and preserve it from all Evil and Mischief that I am afraid is coming on it for the shedding of Innocent Blood Sweet Jesus lay not my Innocent Blood to their Charge I shall say no more now Publickly Asked the Executioner Whether the Rope was right or no He said Yes and he asked him Whether he did forgive him To which Mr. Langhorne said I freely do I shall now recommend my self to God in Private S. You may have liberty The Writer The Lord have Mercy on your Soul L. The Lord in Heaven reward your Charity Crost himself pray'd again Blessed Jesus into thy Hands I recommend my Soul and Spirit now at this instant take me into Paradice I am desirous to be with my Jesus I am ready and you need stay no longer for me FINIS