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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01843	A briefe discourse of the late murther of master George Saunders, a worshipfull citizen of London and of the apprehension, arreignement, and execution of the principall and accessaries of the same.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1573 (1573)	STC 11985; ESTC S119743	12,242	34

wickednesse with perfect hatred and rue the persons with christē modestie knowing that with what measure we met vnto others with the same shall it be moten to vs agayne Finally let al folkes both maried and vnmaried learne hereby to possesse and kéepe their vessell in honestie and cleannesse For if the knot betwene man and wife whiche ought to be inseparable be once broken it is seldome or neuer knit again And though it be yet is not the wound so throughly healed but there appéereth some skarre euer after But if the sore rancle fester inwardly as commonly it doth except the more grace of God be in the end it bursteth forth to the destructiō or hurt of both parties not lightly without great harme to others also besides themselues as we sée by this example For when the body which was dedicated to God to be his temple and the tab●…rnacle of his holy spirite is become the sinke of sinne and cage of vncleannesse the deuill ceasseth not to driue the parties still headlong vnto naughtinesse till they be falne eyther into open shame and daunger of temporall law or into damnable destruction both of body soule according as Salomon in his Prouerbes sayth that the steps of a harlot leade downe vnto death and hir feete perce euen vnto hell Therefore good reader so heare and reade this present example as the same may turne to the bettering of thy state and not to occasion of slaunder nor to the hurt of thine owne conscience nor to the offence of thy Christian brethren Farewell A. G. Anne Saunders confession as she spake it at the place of execution GOod people I am come hither to die the deathe wherevnto I am adiudged as worthely as deseruedly as euer died any I had a good husband by whom I had manie children with whom I liued in wealth might haue done stil had not the deuill kindled in my hearte first the hellish firebrand of vnlawfull lust afterward a murtherous intent to procure my saide husbande to be bereued of his life which was also by my wicked meanes accomplished as to the world is known And as I woulde if he coulde heare me if it might be prostrate vpon the ground at my husbands feete aske mercy with plentiful teares of him so that which I may I oughte to doe I aske mercye of God I aske mercie of all men and women of the world whō by my deede example I haue offended and especiallye I bewaile my husbande aske mecie of my childrē whōe I haue beraued of so good a father I aske mercy of his kindred and frendes whome I haue hurt of all my frends kindred of whom I am abashed and ashamed and beyng of my selfe vnworthy of pittie yet I besech them all you all all the whole worlde euen for gods sake and for our sauiour Christs sake to forgiue me And I thank God with my whole harte he hathe not suffered me to haue the reigne and bridle of sinning gyuen me at my will to the daunger of my eternall damnatiō but that he hath founde out my sin brought me to punishment in this world by his fatherly correctiō to amend to spare and saue me in the world to come I beseche him graunte me his heauenly grace that all who do behold or shall heare of my death maye by the example therof be frayed from like sinning And I besech you all to pray for me and with me The Prayer whiche was said by Anne Saunders at the place of execution the copie wherof she deliuered vnto the right honourable the E●…rle of Bedforde AS I doe confesse vvyth great sorrovv O deare ●…ather that I haue grieuously and oftentimes inned againste heauen and against thee am ●…vvorthy to be called thy daughter so O deare Father I acknovvledge thy mercy thy grace and loue tovvards me most vvretched sinner offred me in my Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe in vvhom thou giuest me an hearte to repent And by repentance hast put away my sinnes and throvvne them into the bottome of the Sea O deare Father encrease and continue this grace vntill the ende and in the ende I testifie this day O Lord my God thy loue O Lorde thy sauing health is li●…e euerlasting and ioy vvithout end and bicause thou hast touched my sinfull heart vvith the 〈…〉 pleasure of my sinne and vvith a de●… of thy kingdome O deare Father 〈◊〉 thy Christes sake as I hope thou vvilt so I beseeche thee to finishe that good vvorke in me Suffer me not mercifull and louing Father to be troubled vvith death vvhen it layeth holde on me nor vvith the loue of life vvhen it shal be taken avvay O Lorde novve as thou hast so still lifte vp my soule as it vvere vvith an eagles vvings vnto Heauen there to beholde thee Lorde into thy hands I commit my body that it be not troubled in death and my soule that it see not damnation Come Lorde Iesu come assiste me vvith thy holy spirite a vveake vvomā in a strong battell come Lord Iesu come quickly saue thy hand maide that putteth hir trust in thee behold me in Christ receiue me in christ in vvhose name I pray saying Our Father c. Anne Saūders dying to the world and liuing to God. After this she also said a godly Prayer out of the Serice boke which is vsed to be said at the hour of death note of a certaine saying vvhich Master Saunders had lefte written with his owne hand in his studie CHriste shal be magnified in my body whither it be thorough life or else death For Christe is too me life and death is too me aduauntage These wordes were M. Nowels Theame which he preached at the buriall of my brother Haddon vpon Thursday beyng y xxv day of 〈◊〉 Anno. Do. 1570. Anno. R●…ginae Elizabeth 13. Amōg other things which he prēached this saying of his is to be had alwayes in remembrance that is that we must all when we come to pray first accuse and cōdemne our selues for our sinnes committed against God before the seate of hys Iustice and then after cleaue vnto him by faythe in the mercy and merites of our Sauioure and Redéemer Iesus Christ whereby we are assured of eternall saluation