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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77386	A Brief account of the behaviour, &c.	Axtel, Daniel, d. 1660.; Carew, John, d. 1660.; Cook, John, d. 1660.; Hacker, Francis, d. 1660.; Harrison, Thomas, 1609-1660.; Jones, John, d. 1660.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.; Scott, Thomas, d. 1660.; Scrope, Adrian, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4503A; ESTC R42468	26,747	41

following Words Col. Axtel's Speech at Tyburn October 12 1660. MR. Sheriff I am now as you see come to the Place of Execution according to my Sentence I desire your Leave that I may speak Freely and without Interruption first to this People and then to God for it is the last I shall speak in this World and I hope it will redound to your Account Mr. Sheriff's Reply Sir you know what the Court prohibited you to speak and what was spoken at the Bar of the Court was there desired therefore 't is needless to repeat it here I hope you will keep to the present Business that concerns you and not go out into Impertinencies and because you have but a little Time spend it to your best Advantage and the Good of the People and then you shall not be interrupted Or to the same Effect Col. Axtel begins I say the very Cause for which I have engaged is contained in this Book of God having the Bible in his Hand both in the Civil and Religious Rights of it which I leave to you giving the Book to Mr. Knowles You see a Dead Man Living and yet I hope I shall Live to all Eternity through the Mediation of Jesus Christ the Mediator of the Covenant of Free-Grace I must truly tell you that before these late Wars it pleased the Lord to call me by his Grace through the Work of the Ministry and afterwards keeping a Day of Humiliation in Fasting and Prayer with Mr. Symon Ash Mr. Love Mr. Woodcock and other Ministers in Laurence-Lane they did so clearly State the Cause of the Parliament that I was fully convinced in my own Conscience of the Justness of the War and thereupon engaged in the Parliament Service which as I did and do believe was the Cause of the Lord I ventred my Life freely for it and now Die for it Then Mr. Sheriff said to this Purpose Sir remember your self Col. Axtel proceeds and after the Work of the Lord was done in England my Lot cast me in the Service of Ireland and I thank the Lord I was serviceable to the English Nation in that Countrey and have discharged my Duty fully according to the Trust committed to me there As for the Fact for which I now suffer it is for Words only for Words and but for Words and the Sentence is already reversed in my own Conscience and it will be reversed by Jesus Christ by and by I pray God from the very Bottom of my Soul to forgive all that have had any Hand in my Death both Witnesses and Jury and the Court that passed Sentence for considering the Doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ as he hath laid it down Matth. 5. 44. It hath been said of Old Time Love your Neighbours and Hate your Enemies but I say unto you Love your Enemies and pray for them that hate and despitefully use you that you may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven I desire according to this Doctrine from the Bottom of my Heart that God would give them true Repentance and not lay their Sin to their Charge nor my Blood which by God's Law and Man's I think could not justly have been brought here to suffer But I bless God I have some comfortable Assurance that I shall be imbraced in the Arms of Christ and have Cause to hope that his Spirit shall carry my Soul into the Father's Hands And if the Glory of this Sunshine be so great the Sun then shining Bright how much more is the Glory of the Son of God who is the Sun of Righteousness I think it convenient to give you some Account of my Faith I believe all Things written in the Old and New Testament in the Principles and Doctrine of a Believers Faith I believe the Blessed Ordinances of Christ that it is our Duty to hear the Word preached to seek unto God in Prayer and to perform Family Duties and to walk in the Communion of Saints and for my own Part I am a Member of a Congregation which I judge to be the Way of Christ and were it for that only I were to Die I could Witness to it which is a Company of Men Born again by his Grace that walk in the Ways of Christ Blameless and Harmeless I Believe Jesus Christ died for Poor Sinners of whom I am Chief as the Apostle Paul saith This is a faithful Saying and worthy of all Acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to save Sinners of whom I am Chief And if the Apostle might say so much more may I My Friends and Countreymen I have Reason to bewail my own unprofitable Life having been very unfruitful unto the People of the Lord the Lord knows I have much fault upon my Heart were it not for the Blood of Christ that cleanseth and washeth me according to his Promise saying I loved you and washed away your Sins in my own Blood for there is no Remission of Sins without the Blood of Christ I desire you all to loath and cast off Sin it were better to Suffer than to Sin it is better to Die than to Sin nothing could grieve our Saviour our but Sin and therefore have a Care of that You and I must meet one Day at the Bar of Christ and the Son of God shall be our Judge for God hath committed all Judgment to the Son That all Men should Honour the Son as they Honour the Father This Day is a resemblance of that Day therefore be serious Beg as much Good to your Immortal Souls as I expect to enjoy by and by I beseech you beg of God that he would save your Souls and omit no Opportunity through the Strength of the Lord to Believe and put your Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ be sure to Labour after Assurance of your Interest in him or else you will be of all Men most miserable for I of Men were most miserable if I had not believed To see the Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living Blessed be the Lord that brings me into this State let the Way or Means be what it will it is God's Sovereignty who made these Creatures to dispose of them how he pleaseth and God hath ordained this Death for me from all Eternity The Lord Christ often prayed Thy Will be done this is the Lord's Will He hath numbred my Days and my Times are in his Hand Many seek the Ruler's Favour but every ones Judgment is from the Lord When Pilate said unto Christ Knowest thou not that I have Power to Crucifie thee Christ answered him Thou couldst have no Power against me except it were given thee from above Therefore I acknowedge the Righteous Hand of God he is Righteous but I am Sinful Therefore will I bear God's Indignation because I have sinned against him It is said of Jesus Christ That for the Joy set before him he endured the Cross and despised the Shame and is set down at the

Destruction of the Laws and Properties of Mankind therefore I shall speak a few Words unto that And if indeed we were such we were fit to be turned out of the World as some Men think they should do God good Service in sending such poor Creatures quickly from hence There is no such thing I desire to bear Witnesses to the true MAGISTRACY that MAGISTRACY that is in the Word of the Lord And that true Ministry which Ministry is a Ministry from the Anointing that doth bear Witness to the Lord Jesus and hath his Holy Spirit That Testimony I desire to bear and that Testimony I desire to stand faithful in with Integrity to the Lord Jesus as King of Saints and King of Nations And therefore it is I say to have a Magistracy as at the first and Counsellors as at the beginning Men fearing God and hating Covetousness and that Ministry as doth Preach the Everlasting Gospel Here Mr. Sheriff interrupted him saying 'T is desired that you spend the rest of your Time in preparing your self Another said You spend your self Sir in this Discourse Another said It Rains Then Mr. Carew said I will pray Mr. Carew his Prayer O Most Holy and most Glorious and Blessed God the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of all Glory the God of the Spirits of all Flesh unto thee unto thee doth my Soul desire to come through the New and Living Way even through Christ my Righteousness and in him and through him to he offered up by the Eternal Spirit a Living and Acceptable Sacrifice in which thy Soul delighteth O Lord thou knowest my Frame and thou knowest my Life and what a Passage this is and what a wonderful Thing it is to enter into Glory and what a wonderful Thing it is to stand before thee and to stand in thy Presence O Father Father let my Soul be filled with thy Joy and with Peace in Believing O let my Heart be in Heaven while my Body is here and O let me be joined unto the Lord through thine own Spirit before this Separation be O Lord thou only art able to take hold of my Heart and Spirit poor Creatures may speak Words to thee but Oh! It is thine own Power and it is thine own Spirit that must take hold of the Heart it is thine own Spirit that must carry through all and it hath been thy Spirit Blessed be thy Name that hath carried me through many Trials and many Temptations and many Difficulties that thy poor Worm hath met with in this Pilgrimage for many Years O Blessed be thy Name for all the Goodness and for all thy Grace and for all thy Presence that hath been with thy poor Creature far and near Oh! Blessed be thy Name that thou hast kept me in any Measure Faithful unto thee and made me willing to lay down my Life for thy Righteous Work and Cause O Lord Bless Bless thy poor People O Comfort them in this Day Pour out Sevenfold of thy Spirit for what thou dost take away in any of thy Servants for thy Holy Name 's sake O let the Cause and Kingdom of Christ be Dear and Precious in thy Sight and Live always Lord little do these poor Creatures know or these Nations know what a Controversie thou hast with them O that thou wouldest be pleased Graciously to spare this People spare thy People however And let them that love Zion and favour thy Righteous Cause be glad for Ever and Ever O now Father be Dear to me do thou receive my Spirits take me into thine own Glory take me into thine own Glory let me know it is my Portion let me know there is a Crown in the Hand of Christ prepared for my Soul O Blessed Lord thou hast honoured thy poor Creature and brought him hitherto O reward all the Labours of Love in any to him in Bonds or Death and give them a double Reward into their own Bosoms Reward it so to them and theirs Blessed be thy Name that thou hast brought thy poor one hither to suffer in thy Cause And O Lord let thy Spirit be poured forth upon the Nations until the whole Earth be filled with the Knowledge of thy Glory And that Christ Jesus may have all the Honour and Praise and Glory and Dominion for Ever and Ever Amen I am so exceeding Dry that my Tongue is ready to stick to my Mouth but I would fain speak a little more Oh Blessed be God! Oh! How many are the Refreshments I have had from the Presence of my God and Father sweet and secret Communion betwixt him and my Soul to Day And for that my Soul hath seen of his Riches and Kindness O that I might be more like Christ For I have been very unlike to Jesus Christ very unlike to my Father But I shall leave all that is unlike Christ behind and all his own Workmanship he will purifie and perfect through this Passage into Glory O my Dear Father receive my Soul O make this Passage sweet for now I am coming to thee Lord help Lord spirit me fill me with thy Spirit let me be ever with thee let me know what it is to have thee at my Right Hand that I may not be moved that in my Soul going out of the Flesh I may be let into the Presence of God and into the Arm of Jesus Christ Oh! That my Soul may be breathed forth into the Arms of God into the Bosom of Jesus Christ through the Anointing of the Spirit A Friend that stood by said It is expected you should speak something to the Matter of your Suffering the Under-Sheriff said 'T is not to be suffered What are you that you put on Men to speak What are you Sir Mr. Carew said Farewel my Dear Friends Farewel the Lord keep you Faithful The Friend said We part with you with much Joy in our Souls Mr. Carew said to the Executioner Stay a while I will speak one Word and then said very solemnly and with a Loud Voice Lord Jesus receive my Soul Lord Jesus into thy Arms I commend my Spirit and so fell asleep His Majesty was pleas'd upon Intercession of his Friends to give his Body to be Buried OBSERVATIONS THE Scene is no sooner prepared and Harison's Part acted but Carew enters a Man that suck'd in Treason with his First Milk one of the Main Props on which Fanatick Fury Built herself a Fantastick Fabrick one whose Name like that of Felton and Ravillack shall stand stigmatiz'd to Eternity for Treason Inhumane Treason against a Gracious Prince Magistracy and Ministry the Two Eyes of this Land which like Two Diamonds in the Crown give a Lustre to Majesty by a pretended Zeal were almost dazled and hourly threatned to be quite put out whilst Gain was his greatest Godliness 1. He impudently affirms that it was in the Fear of the Lord he Condemned the Lord's Vicegerent pretends at the First to be excused from being a Member

and every one may fear the Lord that they may consider their latter End and so it may be well with them And even for the worst of those that have been most malicious against me from my Soul I would forgive them all so far as any Thing concerns me and so far as it concerns the Cause and Glory of God I leave it for him to plead and as for the Cause of God I am willing to justifie it by my Sufferings according to the good Pleasure of his Will I have been this Morning before I came hither so hurried up and down Stairs the meaning whereof I knew not that my Spirits are almost spent therefore you may not expect much from me Oh the greatness of the Love of God to such a Poor Vile and Nothing-creature as I am What am I that Jesus Christ should shed his Heart's-Blood for me that I might be Happy to all Eternity that I might be made a Son of God and an Heir of Heaven O that Christ should undergo so great Sufferings and Reproaches for me and should not I be willing to lay down my Life and suffer Reproaches for him that hath so loved me Blessed be the Name of God that I have a Life to lose upon so Glorious and so Honourable an Account Then praying to himself with Tears and having ended the Hangman pull'd down his Cap but he thrust it up again saying I have one Word more to the Lord's People that desire to serve him with an upright Heart Let them not think hardly of any of the good Ways of God for all this for I have been near this Seven Years a Suffering Person and have found the Way of God to be a perfect Way his Word a tried Word a Buckler to them that trust in him and will make known his Glorious Arm in the sight of all Nations And though we may suffer hard Things yet he hath a Gracious End and will make for his own Glory and the good End of his People Therefore be cheerful in the Lord your God hold fast that which you have and be not afraid of Suffering for God will make hard and bitter Things sweet and easie to all those that trust in him Keep close to the good Confession you have made of Jesus Christ and look to the Recompence of Reward be not discouraged by Reason of the Cloud that now is upon you for the Sun will shine and God will give a Testimony unto what he hath been doing in a short Time And now I desire to commit my Concernment into the Hands of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ he that hath delivered himself for the Chief of Sinners he that came into the World was made Flesh and was Crucified that hath Loved me and Washed me from my Sins in his own Blood and is Risen again sitting at the Right Hand of God making Intercession for me And as for me Oh who am I Poor Base Vile Worm that God should deal thus by me for this will make me come the sooner into his Glory and to inherit the Kingdom and that Crown prepared for me Oh I have served a good Lord and Master which hath helped me from my Beginning to this Day and hath carried me through many Difficulties Trials Straits and Temptations and hath always been a very present Help in Time of Trouble he hath covered my Head many Times in the Day of Battle By God I have leaped over a Wall by God I have run through a Troop and by my God I will go through this Death and he will make it easie to me Now into thy Hands O Lord Jesus I commit my Spirit After which Sentence was fully Executed on him and his Head set on the South-East End of Westminster-Hall and his Quarters upon the City Gates OBSERVATIONS TO commit Villany unparallell'd and bravely to outface Death is the Badge of a desperate Traytor and an unhappy Christian In this Man's Life I find nothing of Repentance as if the Murther of a King and the Ruin of Church and State were of so slight a Consequence that among Birds of his own Feather Treason becomes Meritorious and his Detestable Death a Glorious Martyrdom He calls it God's Cause nay the very Interest of the Son of God his Usurpation he terms the Fear of the Lord unheard-of Impudence Can God be the Author of Treason Or can Man expect Mercy from God's Hands that voluntarily transgresseth Prosperum felix scelus virtus vocatur was Heathenish Philosophy though without Question a Maxim in the Commonwealth of his Conscience whilst Religion was made the Stalking-horse to his Rebellion Monday following being the 15th of October about the same Hour Mr. John Carew was carried to the same Place of Execution WHen he was brought to the Gibbet before he went up the Ladder his Hands being bound he exhorted several Friends standing by to be faithful unto Death and not to be ashamed of the Cause for which they suffered and they should receive a Crown of Life And further said to a Friend that stood by that he hoped the Truths of the Kingdom which he had Preached up and down would not be the less esteemed for that he now came to Seal it with his Blood Mr. Carew's Speech upon the Ladder TRuly it is not Words nor that which I have to speak in mine own Spirit will Glorifie God or give any Advantage to your Souls or unto me but it is if I may speak a few Words in the Spirit of the Lord and in the Power of his Might and from an Unfeigned Love unto Jesus Christ that would indeed give me an open Entrance and make my Passage very Sweet and a Blessing may be left behind even upon you The first thing indeed that hath been very Weighty and I desire to leave it upon all upon Saints as well upon those that are not acquainted with Jesus Christ that Eternity Immortality and Eternal Life it is a wonderful Thing the Thoughts and Apprehensions of it are able to swallow up a poor Soul We little think what it is he that knows most of God and most of Christ and hath the greatest Measure of the Anointing he little little knows what it is to Appear before the Holy the most Glorious the most Righteous God of Heaven and Earth to stand before his Judgment-Seat before Jesus Christ that is at his Right-hand and where all the Holy Angels are so ashamed because of the Glory of God that they fall down and cover their Faces and cry Holy Holy Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come And therefore if such Glorious Creatures if such Excellent Spirits as these Seraphims and Cherubims be if they do fall down before the Glory and Majesty of this most Excellent and Wonderful God how should Dust and Ashes do And how should they Fear and Tremble to appear before him And there I say think of this and of the Righteousness of God as well as of his

Glory and Majesty and of his Justice that when for one Sin he threw down the Angels those Glorious Spirits into Hell and he would take no Ransom or Redemption for them and though he hath Mercy on the Sons of Men according to his own Election or Purpose and according to that that he hath Purchased for himself in Christ Jesus before the Foundation of the World was laid yet in Time he made his Son a Sacrifice before Men and Angels to bring his Chosen Ones to Glory That he should take Pleasure to send his own Son out of his Bosom who was the Delight of his Soul and Bruise him for our Sins yet it pleased the Father to Bruise him The most Holy and Righteous God that had but One Son One only Begotten Son that was the Delight of his Soul and should take Pleasure to Bruise him that we might be Healed and laid Stripes upon him that we might be Healed Oh the Heighth and Depth Oh the Length and Breadth of the Love of God in Christ Jesus unto poor Souls Oh this is that the Angels do desire to stoop down and look into and to know more of this great Mystery of the Love of God in Christ and that God should take upon him the Nature of Man And put him into that Glorious Union with his own Son and that he should leave the Angels though Christ was made a a little lower than they for Suffering Death for us Yet now because the Nature of Man is united to the Godhead by Vertue of that Marriage and Union we become the Sons of God and Heirs of Glory Those that are Adopted by Jesus Christ are brought near to the Throne of Glory are in a High and Glorious Communion and Fellowship with the Father and Spirit owned of all the Holy Angels and therefore they do stand without the Throne as in several Places of the Revelations and round about the Elders and round those that were given to the Lamb as in the Fifth of the Revelations and many other Scriptures they stand without but there is another Company within which is the Twenty-four Elders and Four Living Creatures they fall down and worship God they are nearer than the Angels Oh! Who hath Credited who hath Believed this Report And to whom is the Arm of the Lord Revealed Oh! How many Professors are there in this Day in this Nation that call upon the Name of Christ and that say they shall be Saved by Christ and do Live and Trust most in their own Works and Righteousness and never come to the Knowledge and Understanding of this great Mystery of the Love of God in Christ Who never received those Teachings from the Anointing and according to the New Covenant where it is promised that they shall be all Taught of God all the Children of God shall be Taught of him and there is no one can Teach these but the Father none can draw them to the Son but the Father and no Man can come to the Father but through the Son And this great Mystery is both by the Light and Operation of the Holy Spirit who makes the New Creature in the Soul O that God would pour out of his Holy Spirit that God would pour out the Spirit of the New Covenant and the Spirit of the Gospel and the Spirit that can declare the Mystery of God's Word in the Spirit and that he hath made Manifest through Jesus Christ O there is much talking and speaking in the Name of Christ And how many Men spend little Time in getting Evidences in the Power and Demonstration of the Spirit and come to apprehend God in Christ that speak of him Oh! There are few of these the Lord knows O that the Anointing may be poured out more now according to this Faith in the Way of this Grace and in this Love of God even in the Electing Love of the Father and in the Redeeming Blood of Jesus Christ according to the purchased Possession that he hath obtained through his own Righteousness wherein God hath been Just also in justifying the Ungodly and among them such a poor simple Piece of Dust and Ashes as I have been and have to this Day little glorified my Father and yet I can call him Father through some Measure of his Spirit and Father according to the Spirit of Adoption too and can say the Lord Jesus hath given himself for me and I take the Lord Jesus Christ as the great Gift of the Father desiring to bear Witness of that Love and of that wonderful Grace and Glory that he hath made me Partaker of in and through him Oh! Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath called me to this Hope and who hath made me Partaker of this Glory that the Saints are Enlightened in And now I long to see the Face of this Father and of his Son though I have such a Number of Sins in me and though I have an Interest in him and can call him Father at any Time without doubt and in full Assurance of Faith in the Holy Spirit yet if Jesus Christ were not there to present me Faultless before the Presence of God I should be afraid to appear before him but he is able to do it and therefore saith the Apostle Now unto him that is able to Save you and to present you Faultless before the Presence of his Glory with exceeding Joy c. I am a poor Sinful Piece full of Iniquity laden with many Burdens that have a Body of Death that I carry about me and I am now about to lay it down and my Soul shall enter into Eternal Life and be made Perfect in a Moment through the Mighty Power of God that hath wrought that Glorious Work of raising Christ from the Dead Oh! All my Strength and all my Joy and all my Life is in Christ and in him alone And I have a Righteousness already of his Working according to his own Grace and according to his own Mighty Power and according to his own Mercy that he hath been pleased to Work in me and so hath been pleased to keep me in a very Wicked and in a very Evil Day by the Power of his Grace And I desire to glorifie my Father and many Years have I been in that Work that hath been of late in this Nation few and evil hath been the Days of my Pilgrimage but I have desired to serve the Lord with Faithfulness and in the Integrity of my Soul without Prejudice against any Creature and it hath been the Desire of my Soul to approve my self Faithful towards God and towards Man And what I have done I have done it in Obedience to the Lord that I had in my Eye and in my Heart There are many Things laid upon many of those that profess the Kingdom and Glorious Appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ as if they were Enemies to Magistracy and Ministry and as if so be we were for the

of that Detestable Synod to palliate his Premeditated Treason but being once Seated in the Chariot of Authority he Jehu-like drove on furiously till he had wash'd his Hands in that Innocent and Sacred Blood And so far was he from repenting for his Villany that he was sorry it was beyond his reach to strike one Blow more at Majesty The nex Day viz. Tuesday the 16th of October Mr. John Cooke and Mr. Hugh Peters were carried to their Execution but First of Mr. Cooke the Appointed Time being at Hand HE asked several times if the Sheriff was not come saying Why stayeth the Wheels of his Chariot Why do they drive so heavily I am ready Blessed be God I have nothing to do but to die Word being brought that the Sheriff was come he made haste to be gone and his Wife stepping after him took him by the Arm whereupon he said O do not hinder me from going to Jesus Christ And then with a Cheerful Countenance taking leave of his Friends he went to the Sledge that carried him whereon also was carried the Head of Major-General Thomas Harrison with the Face bare towards him and notwithstanding that Dismal Sight he passed rejoicingly through the Streets as one borne up by that Spirit which Man could not cast down Being come to the Place of Execution when he was taken out of the Sledge he said This is the easiest Chariot that ever I rid in in all my Life Being come upon the Ladder and the Rope put about his Neck he rejoic'd saying Blessed be the Name of God that I am bound for the Sake of Christ Then his Work was to address himself to God and to that End said If you please I shall speak a few Words to God in Prayer Mr. Cook's Prayer before his Speech MOST Glorious Majesty this Day is a Representation of that Great Day when all thy Poor People shall meet together Multitudes Multitudes in the Valley of Derision Thy Poor Poor Servant is now come to pay the Debt which he oweth to Nature Blessed be thy Name that thou hast prepared him for it Blessed be thy name Sweet Jesus Blessed be thy Name O that all thy Poor People that are here if possible may feel something of that Divine Power and Assistance of God that thy Poor Servant now feels at this Time Blessed be thy Name I am a Poor Creature a Poor Sinner and the Lord might justly withdraw from me and leave me to Horror and Searedness if he should deal with me in Justice but this hath not been his Method Blessed be his Name to leave and forsake his Poor Servant Lord let thy Blessing be upon us at this Time and let thy Blessing be upon England and let thy Blessing be upon all these Nations and let thy Blessing be upon all that are here Assist O Lord by thy Divine Power give us to see much of thy Power and let not this Meeting be in vain but let every one here receive Benefit thereby to the Praise and Glory of thy Great Name and the Everlasting Salvation of all our Souls if it be thy Blessed Will through Jesus Christ our Lord Having ended his First Prayer he applies himself to the Sheriff and Spectators in this following Speech Mr. Sheriff and Gentlemen THE most Glorious Sight that ever was seen in the World was our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross and the most Glorious Sight next to that is to see any poor Creature for him in his Cause I desire to speak a few Words briefly to let you understand what a Glorious Work the Lord hath been pleased to accomplish upon my Spirit I bless the Lord I have ransacked into every Corner of my Heart and I have searched into all my Sins Actual and Original Secret and Open Known and Vnknown so far as the Lord hath discovered them to me and I have confessed them all with a Penitential Bleeding Heart and Contrite Spirit Blessed be his Name he hath been pleased to come in abundant Manner and hath been pleased to shew me that the only Remedy is the Blood of Christ and I have Blessed be the Lord applied that Precious Blood to my Poor Soul and have laid hold upon a Christ by a True and Lively Faith and there is a Sweet Calm and Serenity in my Soul and Conscience Blessed Blessed be thy Name I desire to glorifie God and to give him the Glory of all and to take Shame unto my self for any Sins that I have ever committed that I know to be Sin and therefore I desire to rejoice in the God of my Salvation as Isa. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord my Soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath cloathed me with the Garment of Salvation he hath covered me with the Robe of Righteousness as a Bridegroom decketh himself with Ornaments and as a Bride adorneth herself with Jewels even so the Lord delighteth in me And as the Earth bringeth forth her Buds and as the Garden causeth the Things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord will cause Righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all Nations And Isa. 43. 9 10. Ye are my Witnesses saith the Lord I do desire to bear a Testimony unto God and to Jesus Christ for Justice and Truth and Righteousness and Holiness The Lord knows I have no Malice upon my Heart against any Man or Woman living upon the Face of the Earth neither against Jury that found me guilty nor Court that passed Sentence I desire freely to forgive every one from the Bottom of my Heart And as concerning this great Dispensation you may it may be desire to hear something of it truly I say as to the King's Majesty I have not any Hard Thoughts concerning him my Prayer shall be for him that his Throne may be upheld by Truth and by Mercy for by Mercy Prov. 23. the Throne is upheld but I must needs say that Poor we have been Bought and Sold by our Brethren as Joseph was Brother hath betray'd Brother to Death and that Scripture is in a great Measure fulfill'd Mat. 10. 21. The Father against the Son and the Son against the Father and Brother shall deliver up Brother to Death I desire for my own Part to kiss the Rod and I do desire if it may please the King's Majesty that no more Blood may be shed after mine it may be the Lord will put it into his own Breast Here is a Poor Brother coming I am afraid that he is not fit to die at this Time I could wish that his Majesty might shew some Mercy The Sheriff interrupted in Words to this Effect Let that alone for the King's Majesty hath Clemency enough for all but his Father's Murtherers Mr. Cook reply'd Then I shall proceed to speak something concerning my Profession and Faith which I Bless the Lord is founded upon the Rock Christ Jesus I do not expect Salvation for any Thing I have ever done but only lay

up to him upon the Ladder interrupted him upon which Mr. Scot said Prithee let me alone I have not done and then proceeded in Prayer as followeth That this very Condition to which he is now brought he acknowledgeth is the very Answer of his Prayer before his going out of England Thou knowest Lord he did many times in Prayers and Tears seek thy Bessed Majesty for Counsel and for Advice whether it was his Duty to stay and suffer or to shelter himself abroad and if it were thy Will to take more Honour to thy self by his Suffering than Living thou wouldst be pleased to remand him back again and bring him hither And he hath observed thy Providence checking of his Way and in preserving him all along until he came to this O Blessed Lord thy Poor Creature doth acknowledge that thy Ways to his Poor Soul have been of wonderful Grace and Mercy But Blessed be thy Glorious Name the Great God of Heaven and Earth he hath been pleased to bear him Witness to himself to Angels and to all that hear me this very Day thy Poor Servant that now stands to suffer had Joy and much Consolation from God and from his Cause more than ever he had before I say again to the Praise of the Free Grace of God I Bless his Name he hath engaged me in a Cause not to be repented of I say in a Cause not to be repented of Here the Sheriff interrupted him saying Is this your Prayer Mr. Scot Desiring him to forbear those kind of Expressions Others also told him that he contradicted himself and spoke Blasphemy Then Mr. Scot said I shall say no more but this the Lord I do acknowledge that this very Morning in the Dark Chamber I had very much of the Presence of God and from thence I take Consolation to my self that his Spirit is with me and that he hath Sealed unto my Soul the Decrees of Heaven at least perswaded my Soul that it will be well with me and that I am out of all Danger as to my Eternal Condition and that I shall Live and Reign with him there where all my Sin shall be done away which is the Growing Glory of my Soul and all Tears wip'd away also O Lord remember the Price of Blood that hath been shed for the purchasing of the Civil and Christian Liberties And remember thy Enemies that are not Incorrigible Enemies to thy Truth and Holiness and give them Vnderstanding to see their Error and to turn to thee a Heart Broken and with Humiliation that they may seek God with their whole Heart that they may be a Holy or Immanual Nation a Chosen Generation a Peculiar People Zealous of Good Works Careful to shew forth the Virtue of him that hath called them from Death to Life The Lord call in all that belong to the Election of Grace speedily into that Number Let no Weapon formed against thy Church prosper but Lord remember Zion if it be thy Good Pleasure and repair the Walls of thy Jerusalem O Lord thy Cause lyes near the Hearts of thy People and I bear thee Witness that I have this Income from thee as the Return of their Prayers And that we are supported to bear Witness for thee very Cheerfully and with Satisfaction I desire to be found of thee in Jesus Christ I do now abhor all my Sins and renounce my Services and do account them all as Dung Lord thou knowest I have desired to live that I might serve thee better and love thee more But that I may be with thy self Oh it is infinitely better and to confirm that Testimony which is concerning thy Glorious Will And thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven by me and all thine from henceforth and for evermore Amen Observations on Mr. Scot MEN whose Damnable Actions whilst living never merited from Good Men the smallest Credit being now to be made Sacrifices to Publick Vengeance see how Saint-like they present themselves on the Stage This Man enter'd for a Black Saint in the Calender of Cruelty Something as to Mr. Gregory Clements take as followeth PErhaps some may think it strange that there is so little said as to Mr. Gregory Clement who suffered with the rest therefore this only is to be said more which is known to many that Mr. Clement was very silent both in the Time of his Imprisonment at Newgate and at the Time and Place of his Execution at Charing-Cross only thus it is said that he exprest his Trouble to some Friends in the Prison for yielding so far to the Importunity of his Relations as to plead guilty to the Indictment And though he spoke little at the Place of Execution yet so far as could be judged by some discerning Persons that was near him he departed this Life in Peace The same Day Mr. Ad. Scroop and Mr. John Jones suffered together at the same Place Collonel Scroop's Speech at Execution October 17 1660. YOU see an Object here that hath been in a better Place but howsoever the Lord Jesus Christ hath sent me to this Place I should Die I have no Animosity nor Malice against any Man nor ever had I neither have I any Evil Will to those that brought me hither nor to the Jury that found me Guilty nor Judges that passed Sentence nor to him through whose Means I was brought here to suffer I say once more the Lord forgive him I shall not Name him for I come not hither to reflect upon any Man's Person I will not tell you what my Breeding hath been because it is not good for any Man especially at such a time as this to boast of his Lineage or Breeding but this I shall say that I was Born and Bred a Gentleman As for my Carriage it may be some that look upon me here knows what it hath been Howsoever the Lord knows all and the Lord God is Judge of all and he will judge I shall submit my self to his Judgment which is a Righteous Judgment The Judgment of Men may go Wrong but God's Judgment is Right I shall submit to his Way The Lord he is the Rock of Ages and my Support under this great Weight that is now upon me I look up to him alone the Lord Jesus Christ is my Saviour and my Redeemer I am going into his Arms Blessed be his Name I follow him he is gone before me the same Way therefore it is no Reproach or Shame to follow the Lord Jesus Christ to Die in his Cause for that is it which I judge I am now going to do That which I do desire of you here are a great many Spectators both on the Right Hand and on the Left is that this Day may represent to you the General Day of the Judgment of Christ where you must appear and there every Man must receive according to their Works And at that time it will be known I say at that time it will be known and seen whose

Works are Righteous and whose are not therefore I would wish you and desire you to judge Charitably of me Observations on Colonel Scroop IF Birth or Education can render a Man Accomplisht without doubt Col. Scroop deserves a favourable Censure but as the smallest Spot is soonest discerned in a white Garment so Treason dishonours the highest Extraction and leaves a Blot in the Scutcheon of Nobility A Candid Nature obligeth me to love the Man yet my own Conscience and that solemn Commandment Fear God and Honour the King makes me Pity what I cannot ●ustifie and Condemn the Treason as a Person that once ●ov'd the Traitor Coll. John Jones his Speech upon the Ladder October 17 1660. THere is Two Things that are necessary now I am going through this narrow Gate or Passage to the Eternal Ma●esty I say Two Things are necessary as to the Occasion of my coming hither to receive my Father's good Pleasure First Peace with God Secondly Peace with Man I shall speak something to each of these and in the first Place speak something of the Court wherein I received the Sen●ence It hath been reported as I was told that I confessed ●his Fact and confessed that I were guilty of Murther as under those several-Expressions that are in the Indictment viz. I desire to clear my self before the Lord and before the World in that Particular for should I grant that I was guil●y in Reality and Truth of Murther and Malice viz. 〈◊〉 should belye my own Conscience and draw upon me a greater Weight than I could bear but thus far I do confess 〈◊〉 was willing to make the Work as short as I could and be●ause I would not stand so long I told them I would take the first Jury that came and when a Jury was called then I did Confess so much as I was convinced of as to the Matter ●f Fact I desire you will judge charitably of this that I speak at this Time as in the Presence of the Lord that it is not really viz. that I acknowledged my self guilty of Murder I had no such Thing in my Heart I must Confess I very freely quit his Majesty considerin● what he doth in this Case is the Part of a Loving Son to a Father especially the Judges telling him that it is the Law and I conceive that the Court did nothing but what they 〈◊〉 their best Vnderstandings judged Right as to Law therefo●● I freely acquit the Court though there was not enough said 〈◊〉 satisfie such a Poor Creature as I am in so great and deep Point as that was As for all others I do not know an● Man on the Earth to whom I do bear any Malice but I a●… in perfect Charity with all Men and I hope the Lord is 〈◊〉 Charity with me and therefore as I desire to have Forgivenes● my self from all those that I have offended even so I do freely Forgive all those that have in any Measure offended me The next Thing is towards God and it is that which shoul● be last upon my Heart It is not expected that I should give an Account here of my State and Condition for that is betwixt God and my own Soul and I do through the Grac● and Goodness of God firmly believe that my Redemption i● wrought and my Pardon is sealed and that I shall be immediately in my Father's Arms and that I shall be translated and brought to behold the Lord Jesus Christ in Glory with Comfort and Fulness of Joy Col. Jones his Prayer BLessed Lord God thou art the great Opener open unto my Soul the Lord Jesus Christ who will lead me into the Ways of Truth and Life O God Save me make Good all the Pledges of thy Love unto my Soul Oh make all the Promises which I have believed all the Days of my Life make them now Good unto my Soul giving me the full Enjoyment of thy self I desire to Bless and Praise thy Name for this Hour that thou hast brought me to Oh what am I poor Worm that thou shouldst give me this Opportunity to suffer for thy Name and to acknowledge thy Mercies before so great a Congregation at this Place Holy Father Holy Father Oh that thou wouldst now rain down Blessings from Heaven upon thy Poor Creatures that do hear and behold this Action this Day Oh that thou wouldst sanctifie this Thing to them and let Poor England be a Land of Truth and Happiness O Lord let England flourish And Oh that thou wouldst make thy Angel of L●ght to go before thy People Good God we pray thee keep off those great Judgments that hang over the Heads of these Nations because they have sinned against thee Through thy Name sanctifie us let not thy Name be reproached Dear Father receive my Soul I am ready to come unto thee Blessed Father into thy Hand I commend my Spirit thou hast Redeemed me Blessed be thy Name in that thou hast opened the Treasures of thy Love unto my poor Soul Thou hast given me this Hope whereof I need not be ashamed Blessed be thy Name my Spirit is full of Joy Oh Holy Father Holy Father I pray thee let thy Blessing come down upon thy Poor People Look upon me Holy Father stretch out thine Arms to carry me over this Brook I pray thee stand by me Dear Father I cast my self into thy Hand I commit my Soul unto thee Then speaking to the Sheriff said Mr. Sheriff I must needs return you many Thanks for your Civility Sheriff replied I am glad to hear such an Ingenious Confession and that you make such an End and that you have not gone into any reviling Language as some others have done before After this he committed his Soul to God and so departed Observations on Colonel Jones IF Old Age could free a Man from Punishment then had Col. Jones a good Plea in the Court of Antiquity his Grey Hairs pleaded much Gravity but Reverence is not due to Traitors to be Zealous in a Bad Cause argues a Conscience fit for Villany The Last of these Ten Persons order'd for Execution were Col. Dan. Axtel and Col. Fran. Hacker who on the 19th of October Two Days after the Death of Scroop and Jones were drawn upon One Sledge to Tyburn THey were brought forth of Prison the Sledge being ready for them they took their leave of some Friends that stood at the Door and Col. Axtel desired them to be at the Place of Execution and both entring the Sledge they cast up their Eyes toward that God to whom they were coming then with a cheerful Countenance setting themselves down they were drawn to Tyburn the Place of Execution where a Cart was set ready into which they both ascended their Countenance not at all Changed though now the King of Terror stared them in the Face the Ropes being then put about their Necks and a burning Fire kindled before their Faces first Col. Axtel applies himself to the Sheriff in these