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A70380
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Mr. Johnson's speech which he deliver'd to his friend to be printed (as he mention'd at the place of execution.)
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Wall, John, Saint, 1620-1679.
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believe Obedience to our King to be a Divine Law and that we are bound to obey His Commands in Temporal Laws and I believe it too a sin of Damnation for any Subject of His to Rebel against Him or His Kingdom and I believe it as certain a sin to Damnation for any Subject to endeavor either by thoughts words or deeds to take away His Life or act any thing of that nature either by himself or any others or other against His Sacred Majesty as I believe it was a sin in Judas to Damnation to betray Christ And I do declare upon my salvation that I never did nor do know any Catholick that ever was or is the least guilty either by thought word or deed by any Plot or otherwise to have any design or concurrence to kill His Sacred Majesty or rebel against His Kingdom whom God long preserve with his Subjects in all happiness in this World and crown Him in the World to come with eternal glory And now it remains that with all the powers and forces of my Soul I make my address to God for mercy ere I appear before him for Judgment and you dear Friends here present who believe in one Holy Catholick Church and Communion of Saints be pleased in charity to make the same address to God with me and for me that we may obtain true sorrow and repentance for all our sins and a merciful forgiveness and first let us wish from the bottom of our hearts that we could express and make good Psal 119. 8. our sorrow as David did Psal 119. Whil'st rivers of waters run down our eyes like his because we have not kept according to our faith Gods commands for which had we that Fountain of tears which the Prophet wished for we ought spend it all we ought with Jeremy Lam. 3. 48 49. to weep till our eyes as his failed and as his eye with tears afflicted as he saith his heart so ought ours to do because we have made so ill use of that Faith Hope and Charity which God hath bestowed upon us But forasmuch as Tears now at this present and in these circumstances of rash censuring times Tears I say from me might seem to some either the off-spring of Fear to dye which God forbid I should have in so good a Cause as my Religion or least others might judge my Tears might fall by reason of some other guilt of which I am free and innocent I have endeavoured to stop the course of Tears and instead of drops of waters from my eyes I 'll spend the drops of blood from every sorrowful vein of my heart and my whole body that God may please to wash away the sins of all my life past and I wish each drop an Ocean for my self and all the World because I have nothing now left more than wishes which I beseech thee O gracious God of thy mercy to accept of and if you will vouchsafe to accept of wishes to supply the deeds by wishes I offer up all that 's good to you that ever you gave to any since the Worlds Creation I offer up David's broken heart together with my own that so like him after my repentance I may become a man according to your own heart I offer up the sighs of Magdalen and wish I could make such use of them as she did to sob out my sins I wish her repentant Arms that I may lay fast hold at the Feet of thee my gracious God I wish I had the longanimity of all the Holy Confessors I wish I had the sufferings of all thy constant Martyrs I wish I had the lamps of all thy sacred Virgins that I might offer all to thee that in them was pleasant in thy sight I wish I could offer up to thee O God the Sacrifices of just Abel Lot Job and all other Sacrifices that ever did gratefully ascend up in thy sight that thou being pleased by the sight of them thou mightst look no more upon my sins For if thou wilt observe mine iniquities who shall endure let therefore thy mercy hide thy face from my sins but let not the rigor of thy justice cast me away from thy presence cast me not away from thy Face and thy holy Spirit take not from me but turn away thy Face from sin and blot out all my iniquities and I will offer my Body as a Sacrifice to thee by death to appease thy just anger I own my sins and I own your mercies You gave me Faith to know and believe what was the Will of you my heavenly Master but I acknowledge my fault that although I knew your Will I did not fulfill it and therefore I ought to be beaten with many stripes because you foretold me that many are the stripes of a sinner but be pleased dear Lord also to remember that in the same place you promised that notwithstanding this yet mercy should encompass him that hopes you have given your Divine Hope vouchsafe to let this Hope defend me and although I know I have not made good use of Hope and Hope not well us'd of which I am guilty makes a Sinner defer Repentance and so puts in danger to fall into Presumption by long neglect yet the last hour of calling being not yet past and your mercy being above all your works I hope and humbly beg to be Partaker with those who were accepted at the last hour I humbly acknowledge with thanks O gracious God that you gave me Charity as your Livery in which I always ought to have appeared in your sight and never to have been divested of it but how oft have I been spoiled through my own fault of this garment how oft have I by descending to Jericho instead of going up to Jerusalem how oft I say have I been rob'd of this garment of Charity even as often as I have preferred any sublunary object and the love of that before the love of you and before your goodness which is above all goodness and the object of all Beatitude Vouchsafe again O gracious Lord to restore in mercy to me this Nuptial Vestment ere I dare appear at the Supper of the Lamb. Make me O heavenly Father a penitential Prodigal and then I shall have put on me again this best Robe of Charity This I beg from the bottom of my Soul for his dear sake who was devested of his garments out of Charity that I might be invested in his Charity who also suffered his garments to be divided that he might purchase grace that we might never be divided from the unity of his Faith and Church but rather willingly suffer for his sake the separation of our lives from our bodies the separation of our bodies from our souls and the separation of our bodies into its quarters that we may the more perfectly by these sufferings and separations from our selves be united to him Therefore in the faithful communion and perfect union of the sufferings of all Saints that ever have been or now are or ever will be in the union of the most sacred merits of the life passions and death of God and man my dear Redeemer and Saviour Christ I offer my self willingly to what I am now to suffer begging by all that 's good in Heaven and in Earth remissions of sins for my self and the world particularly for all that may appear to have been my Enemies in the concern of my Life as Witness Jury Judge and others whom I do not esteem as Enemies but as the best of Friends I heartily forgive them and beg the best of Blessings for them all as being the cause of sending me sooner than otherwise I might have gone to the happy state of Hope for the other World Whither before I go I humbly beg pardon of all in this World for whatever in thoughts words or deeds I have committed to offend them or omitted to do for them by which any thing might have been mended in them or my self I beseech God to bless them all I beseech God to bless also all my Friends spiritual and temporal all Benefactors and all by whom I have received good or evil by words deeds or desires I beseech God to bless all those of whom I ever had care or charge spiritually or temporally I beseech God bless his Holy Catholick Church and our chief Bishop thereof with all other Bishops Priests and Clergy I beseech God bless this Nation and unite all amongst themselves and to God in true Faith Hope and Charity I beseech God to bless His Majesties Privy Council and make all the secrets of their hearts and their desires such as that both Charles our King on earth and God our great King in Heaven and Earth may be serv'd pleas'd and honour'd by them that men and Angels may rejoyce at it now and be publick witness of it at the last great day at the great and last Council Table where every secret shall be laid open Luke 12. as Solomon saith Eccles ult when God will bring into judgment every secret thing whether it be good or evil I beseech God to bless the Parliament now Elect and be so present with them when they sit to judge and discuss the Causes of this Nation they may imitate the Assembly of those that are to sit upon the Twelve Thrones at the last great Assembly that they may now judge or determinate of things no otherwise than they hope or fear then to be judged themselves and determined of to all eternity I beseech God to bless all that suffer in this Persecution and let the blessing exprest in the 126th Psalm light upon them speedily that God turning their Captivity all mouths may be filled with joys and tongues with singings Convert O Lord our Captivity as streams in the South that those who now sowe in tears may reap in joy and for this temporal death O blessed Trinity give me eternal life let my Body dye to the World for the love of thee that my Soul may live for ever and love in thee my God and dear Redeemer Amen Sweet Jesus Amen FINIS