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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60547	The behaviour of Edward Kirk after his condemnation for murdering his wife with the advice and prayers which he left with the ordinary, desiring him to publish the same for the reclaiming of vicious youth : together vvith the behaviour of the other condemned malefactors in Newgate.	Smith, Samuel, 1620-1698.	1684 (1684)	Wing S4198; ESTC R10200	4,314	4

THE BEHAVIOUR OF Edward Kirk After his CONDEMNATION FOR Murdering his Wife WITH THE Advice and Prayers which he left with the Ordinary desiring him to Publish the same for the Reclaiming OF Vicious Youth TOGETHER VVith the Behaviour of the other Condemned Malefactors in NEWGATE WHEREAS at the late Sessions of Gaol-Delivery held in the Old-Bayly on Wednesday and Thursday the 2d and 3d. Days of July 1684. Nine Persons received Sentence of Death viz. Edward Kirk John Mould John Holtam John Bennet John Richardson James Walden Mary Shelton Andrew Hill and Morgan Reading Now whereas several Malefactors Condemned to Dye do in the Prison of Newgate desire the Ordinary to Publish their Conferrences with him thereby giving an Account of their Penitency and to warn others by their Example of suffering Justice to avoid the same Crimes The Ordinary thereupon thinks it a necessary Service to give a faithful Account of the said Condemned Malefactors Behaviour hopeing thereby it will be a means to reclam Vice in Youth This account therefore he now gives that on the next Day after Condemnation they all appeared together in the Chappel where they were Exhorted and Prayed with the like was done on Saturday On the Lords Day following being the 6th of July Instant those for whose Execution the Warrant was directed were at the Chappel where the Ordinary Preached on this Text viz. the 33. Chapter of the Prophet Ezek. and the 11th Verse Say unto them as I Live saieth the Lord God I have no pleasure in the Death of the Wicked but that the Wicked turn from his way and Live Turn ye turn ye from your Evil Ways for why will ye Dye O House of Israel The Ordinary observed that Edward Kirk who was Convicted for the Murder of Joan Kirk his Wife in cutting her Throat on Sunday the 25th Day of May last in the Fields near Paddington whom he often Visited before his Tryal seemed then to be more affected with his Horrid Crime then was observed before and since continues so The Paper of Advice which Edward Kirk left with the Ordinary in Prison WHereas the All-searching Eye of God with whom Darkness is Light and by whom the most Hidden and Secret Things are made Manifest has made a just Discovery of my Transcendent Wickedness I think it equally my Duty to God and Man to second it with a Penitent Confession that so the dear Interest which the Meritorious Death and Passion of Christ hath purchased for the Sins of frail Man-kind may be applicable to my self For such is the Misery and weight of Sin I lie under that unless the Miraculous Grace and Mercy of my Creator interpose is sufficient to press me down to the neathermost Hell Upon this Consideration I esteem it my Duty to Publish to the World the occasion which had the influence on my Punishment or what is the Meritorious cause of my Fatal and untimely End The occasion was so slender that it rather aggravates my cruel Crime than mittigates it My Wife for whose Murder I duly suffer was of that Temper that she was indefatigably officious to hunt me from Place to Place but whether out of Love or Necessity she did it is a difficulty to Discern and therefore I proclaim her Innocent and dare impute nothing to my Excuse my Passion being above my Principle and that Grace of God which should lead Men to a true and sincere Repentance for want of a true management of it was taken away from me and I left like the Jews in my own Willfulness and Stubbornness to act whatever my Spiritual Enemy the Devil could impose upon my Inclination and indeed the influence of my Wickedness is such that if I had the Greatest affluence of Sublunary Enjoyments it inbitters the most hopeful passages of my Life and nothing can be Sweet and Cordial to me but the precious Blood of Christ which was shed for the Sins of the Penitent such likewise is the present Punishment of the Murder that through the sense of it I am Involved into a Deluge of Melancholy sometimes preventing my address to God for assurance of Pardon yet according to that Gracious Light which it pleaseth God to intrust me with I continually lie under the contest of Sin and Satan and heartily beg for that Supernal Regeneration which is a turning from Darkness to Light and from the power of Satan to the Kingdom of God Now because the world is more Govern'd by Example than Precept I am highly and zealously concerned to propose the reflection of my Condition to all those who are miserably biased to a Dissolute and un-Christian Life that from my doleful End they may be cautioned to discard all such Ways as may be Effectual to draw them on to Perdition and living without God in the World Nor can I forbear to express my Inclination which was always equal to the Natural State of all Men yet such was my Misfortune that I added the Whip and Spur to make it Strong and Vigorous and was as inquisitive to know Lewd Company as ready to Imbrace whatsoever was adapted to Irregularity the Sin of breaking the Sabbath I cannot pass by and was continually Guilty of upon which Holy Day I committed the Heinous Sin of Murder while Pride Lust and Luxury had the sole Dominion over me and was frequently more acceptable than any thing of Piety and Godliness Thus my Soul being surfeited with all mannor of Sin I am brought to condign Punishment Take timely care therefore all Young Men how you are drawn in by the Bewitching Lust and Love of Women for tho my Relations were Responsable and gave me a Good and Pious Education yet the Grace of God which is infinitly eligible before the whole World was wanting in me and justly left me to the Guilt of Murder Let no Man therefore trust in uncertain Riches nor bolster himself up with the sufficiency of his Friends in order to any hopes of Security from suffering the just Punishment of an evil Life for there is a just God that made and Governs the World who will not only in this World but in that which is to come Shower down Hail Fire and Brimstone on those who tread under Foot the Son of God and put him to open Shame If this Confession and Advice have efficacy to reclaim any it only gains the end for which I design'd it and to God above be Glory Amen Two Prayers which Edward Kirk desired might be Printed with his Advice to Youth O Lord God Good and Gracious Everlasting and Blessed God I must confess I have been a great Sinner and without thy Pardon am utterly Vndon for Ever and therefore I pray thee Lord that thou wouldest be pleased to wash away all my Sins from my Heart and give me a new Spirit within so that I may truly serve thee in Holiness and Righteousness those few Minutes that I have to live in this World that when my Soul and Body parts my Soul