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A57890	The last words of Coll. Richard Rumbold, Mad. Alicia Lisle, Alderman Henry Cornish, and Mr.Richard Nelthrop who were executed in England and Scotland for high treason in the year 1685.	Rumbold, Richard, 1622?-1685.; Lisle, Alice, 1614?-1685.; Nelthorpe, Richard, d. 1685.; Cornish, Henry, d. 1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing R2269; ESTC R218494	8,629	8

he that never knew before what the Love of God was to his Soul I find it now filled with it and running over Now bless the Lord O my Soul yea all that is within me bless his Holy Name for this Dispensation Now Light appears out of Darkness in the Face of Jesus Christ and all Worldly Joy and Comforts seem to be as they are not hard to be parted with Father Mother Sisters and Brothers Wife Children Houses and Lands are as my dearest Saviour saith to be parted with for him or we are not worthy of him I bless his Name I find no Reluctancy to do it he having brought me to his Footstool and I can heartily say The Will of the Lord be done in this matter I ever before now saw a Beauty in Worldly Comforts but now they seem so small by rhe great Beauty and Lustre I see in God in Christ Jesus that I am Astonished to think how I have been wandering all my dayes and spending my Time and my Money for that which is not Bread O! strive to get a Taste of this Love of God in Christ Jesus and it will perfectly wean you from this Deceitful and Foolish World What are Worldly Honours and Riches O! set not your Hearts upon them but get a Treasure in Heaven that your Hearts may be there also O! lose no time for if once you knew the Sweetness of it you would never be at rest till you found him whom yout Soul loveth It will be more yea infinitely more than all Worldly Enjoyments can afford you though in their greatest perfection It will make your Life Sweet and your Death most Comfortable It is that Bread which the World knoweth nothing of and therefore makes little or no inquiry after it Dearest Relations whilst you and my other dear Friends are like Aaron and Hur holding up the Hands of Moses I am through Grace getting Victory over the Ama lakites I can imbrace my dear Companion with more Joy in this Field of Sufferings than ever I could have done had I met him Crowned with the Lawrels of Victory O! the Mercy to Dye with such a Friend and such a Valient Soldier of Jesus Christ who hath kept his Garments clean And I now begin to pity them that must stay behind who have many Temptations to encounter with It is but a little yea a very ljttle while and my Warfare will be accomplished and if God continue his Love and Influence upon my Soul it will be both short and sweet I have little of this World about me I leave you all the Legacy of what was ever dear to me the Best of Wives and Five Poor Children who must pass through an Evil and Sinful World but I have committed them to God who hath commanded as To cast our Widows and Fatherless Children upon him Dearest Parents dear Brothers and Sisters All Adieu my Time draws on my Paper is finished and your Dying Child and Brother recommends you all to Him who is All-sufficient to that God of Peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Ie●●s Christ that great Shepherd of the Sheep through the Blood of the Everlasting 〈◊〉 make you Perfect in every Good Work to do his Will working in you that which is well pleasing in his Sight through Jesus Christ to whom be Glory forever and ever Amen R. N. Mr. Richard Nelthrop's Last Speech THe Great and Unexpressible Trouble and Distraction I have lain under since I came into my Troubles especially since my last Confinement in Newgate have so broken my Reason that for many Weeks last past till the Day in which my Sentence was passed I have not had any Composure of Mind and have been under the greatest Trouble imaginable since my dearest Wife had the Favour granted her of coming to me but I am at present under great Composedness of Mind through the infinite Goodness of the Lord. As to that I stand Out-lawed for and now Sentenced to Dye I can with Comfort appeal to the Great God before whose Tribunal I am to appear That what I did was in Sincerity of my Heart without seeking any private Advantage for my self but thinking it my Duty to hazard my self for the Preservation of the Protestant Religion and English Liberties which I thought highly invaded and both in great Danger of being Lost As to the Design of Assassinating the late King or Murdering of him or his present Majesty 't was alwayes a Thing highly Against my Judgment and which I always detested and was never in the least concerned with it neither in Purse nor Person nor never knew of any Arms bought for that intent nor did I believe there was such a Design nor never heard any Disappointment of such an Affair or Arms or Time or Place save what after the Discovery of the general Design Mr. West spoke of as to Arms bought by him 't was at Newmarket and the first News I heard of the Fire was at Beverly in Yorkshire As to my coming over with the late Duke of Monmouth it was in prosecution of the same Ends but the Lord in his Holy and Wise Providence hath been pleased to blast all our Undertakings though there seemed to be a very Unanimous Zealous Spirit in all those that came from beyond the Seas And as to the Duke of Monmouth's being declared King I was wholely passive in it I never being present at any publick Debate of that Affair and should never have advised it but Complained of it to Collonel Homes and Captain Patchell I believe the Lord Gray and Mr. Ferguson the chief Promoters of that As to the Temptation of being an Evidence and bringing others into Trouble or Danger tho' the meanest person I alwayes abhorred and detested the Thoughts of it both when I was in and out of Danger of Life and advised some very strongly against it except when under my Distraction in Prison that amongst other Temptations did then violently assault me but through the Goodness of my dearest God and Father I was preserved from it and indeed was wholely incable of doing it for want of True Reason and could never receive the least shadow of Comfort from it but thought Death more elegible I was sometimes during my Distracted and Disquieted Condition free from it though notwithout other Temptations far more Criminal in the sight of men And I bless the Father of all Mercies and God of all Consolations that I find a great Resignedness of my Will to his finding infinite more Comfort in Death than ever I could place in Life tho' on Conditions that might seem honourable every hour seeing the Will of God in his ordering this Affair more and more cleared up to me God hath given and God hath taken blessed be his Holy Name that hath enabled me to be willing to suffer rather than to put forth my hand unto Iniquity or to say of Confederacy with them that do so I am heartily and sincerely troubled for what hath happened many mens Lives being lost and many Poor Distressed Families Ruin'd the Lord pardon the Sin he hath seen in it and he in his wonderful Providence hath made me and others concerned Instruments not only of what is already fallen out but I believe in hastening some other Great Works he hath to do in these Kingdoms whereby he will try purge his People and winnow the Chaff from the Wheat the Lord keep those that are his Faithful to the End As to my Faith I neither hope nor look for any Mercy but only by the Free Grace of God by the Application of the Blood of Jesus my dearest and only Saviour to my poor sinful Soul My Distresses have been exceeding great as to my Eternal Estate but through the infinite Goodness of God tho' I have many heinous Sins to answer for yet I hope and trust as to my perticuler that Christ came for this very end and purpose to Relieve the Oppressed and to be a Physician to the Sick I come unto thee O blessed Jesus refuse me not but wash in thine own Blood and then present me to thy Father as Righteous What though my Sins be Crimson and of a Scarlet Die yet thou canst make them as White as Snow I see nothing in my self but what must utterly Ruin and Condemn me I cannot Answer for one Action of my whole Life but I cast my self wholely upon thee who art the Fountain of Mercies in whom God is Reconciling himself unto the World the greatest of Sins and Sinners may find an All sufficiency in thy Blood to cleanse them from all Sin Dearest Father of Mercy look upon me as Righteous and thorow the Imputed Righteousness of thy Son he has paid the Debt by his own offering himself up for Sin and in that thy Justice is satisfied and thy Mercy is magnified I Dye in Charity with all the World and can readily and heartily forgive all my Enemies even those who have been Evidences against me And I most humbly beg the Pardon of all I have any wise in the least injured and in an especial manner I most humbly ask the Pardon of the Lady Lisle's Family and Relations for that my being succoured there one Night with Mr. Hicks brought that worthy Lady to suffer Death I was wholely a Stranger to her Ladyship I came with Mr. Hicks neither did she as I verily believe ever know who I was or my Name till I was taken And if any other have come to any Loss or Trouble upon my Account I humbly beg their Pardon and were I in a Condition would as far as I was able make them requited Grant me thy Love O Dearest Father Assist me and stand by me in the Needful Hour of Death give thy Angels Charge over me poor Soul that the Devil may not touch nor hurt it defend me from his power and deliver me from his Rage and receive me into thy Eternal Kingdom in and through the Attonement of my Dearest Redeemer for whom I praise thee and unto whom with thy self and Holy Spirit be ascribed all Glory Power Might and Dominion forever and ever Amen Lord Jesus Receive My Spirit

much Property as to make them Happy And to Conclude I shall only add my Wishes for the Salvation of all men who were created for that end After ending these words he prayed most fervently near three quarters of an hour freely forgiving all men even his greatest Enemies begging most earnestly for the Deliverance of Sion from all her Persecutors p●rticularly praying for London Edenburgh and Dublin from which the Streams run that Rule God's People in these three Nations Being asked some hours before his Execution If he thought not his Sentence Dreadful He answered He wished he had a Limb for every Town in Christendom Madam Lisle's Last Speech Gentlemen Friends Neighbours IT may be expected that I should say something at my Death my Birth and Education being near this place My Parents instructed me in the Fear of God and I now Dye of the Reformed Religion alwayes being instructed in that Belief that if Popery should return into this Nation it would be a Great Judgment I Dye in expectation of Pardon of my Sins and Acceptation with the Father by the Imputed Righteousness of Jesus Christ He being the End of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth I thank God through Christ Jesus I depart under the Blood of Sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel God having made this Chastizement an Ordinance to my Soul I did as little expect to come to this place upon this Occasion as any person in this Nation therefore let all learn not to be High minded but Fear The Lord is a Sovereign and will take what way he seeth best to Glorifie himself by his poor Creatures therefore I humbly desire to submit to his Will praying of him That in Patience I may possess my Soul The Crime was my Entertaining a Non-Conformist Minister which is since sworn to have been in the Duke of Monmouth's Army I am told if I had not Denyed them it would not have affected me I have no Excuse but Surprize and Fear which I believe my Jury must make use of to Excuse their Verdict to the World I have been told That the Court ought to be Council for the Prisoner Instead of Advice there was Evidence given from thence which though it was but Hear-say might possibly affect my Jury My Defence was such as might be expected from a Weak Woman but such as it was I never heard it repeated again to the Jury But I forgive all persons that have Wronged me and I desire that God will do so likewise I for give Coll. Penraddock although he told me He could have taken those Men before they came to my House As to what may be expected for my Conviction That I gave it under my hand that I discourst with Nelibrop that could be no Evidence to the Court or Jury it being after my Conviction and Sentence I acknowledge his Majesty's Favour in Revoking my Sentence and I pray God he may long Reign in Mercy as well as Justice and that he may Reign in Peace and that the True Religion may Flourish under him Two things I have omitted to say which is That I forgive him that desired to be taken from the Grand Iury and put upon the Petty Iury that he might be the morenearly Concerned in my Death And return Humble Thanks to God and the Reverend Clergy that Affisted me in my Imprisonment Alicia Lisle Sept. 85. Alderman Cornish's Expressions in the Press Yard just before he went out of Newgate 23 Octob. 1685. HE seeing the Halter in the Officers hand said ' Is this for me The Officer replyed Yes He said Blessed be God and Kissed it And afterwards he said Blessed be God for Newgate I have enjoyed God ever since I came within these Walls and blessed be God that hath made me fit to Dye I am now going to that God which will not be mockt to that God that cannot be imposed upon to that God that knows the Innocency of his poor Creature A little after he said Never did any poor Creature come to God with greater Considence in his Mercy and Assurance of Acceptance with Him through Jesus Christ than I do but it is through Jesus Christ for there is no other Way of coming to God and finding Acceptance with him but through Christ There is no other Name under Heaven whereby we can be saved but by the Name of Iesus Then speaking to the Officers he said Labour to be fit to Dye for I tell you you are not fit to Dye I was not fit to Dye my self till I came in hither but O! blessed be God he hath made me fit to Dye and made me willing to Dye in a few Moments I shall have the Fruition of Jesus and that not for a Day but Forever I am going to the Kingdom of God where I shall enjoy the Presence of God the Father of God the Son and of God the Holy Spirit and of all the Holy Angels I am going to the General Assembly of the First Born and the Spirits of Just Men made perfect O! that ever God should do so much for me Then the Officer going to Tye his Hands he said What! must I be Tyed then Well a Brown Thread will serve the turn you need not Tye me at all for I shall not stir from you for I thank God I am not afraid to Dye As he was going out he said Farewel Newgate Farewel all my Fellow-Prisoners here the Lord Comsorr you and be with you all Mr. Nelthrop's Letter to his Relations from the Palace of NEWGATE 30 Octob. 1685. the Dawning of the Morning Dearest Parents and Ever-loving Brothers and Tender-hearted and Beloved Sisters THrough the infinite Goodness of God the nearer I approach my End the more Joy and Comfort I find in my Suffering Estate if I may so call it I can through Mercy say That I have found more true Delight and Comfort this Night than in all the Dayes and Nights of my whole Life and I hope the Lord will continue it that his Name may be Glorified by me the meanest and poorest of all his Servants and I hope through Free Grace he will keep me Faithful to the end My Soul is so ravished that I can hardly write and my Joyes are more unspeakable than ever my Fears were I did this Night see my dearest Brother and Companion Capt. Alovff and his Face to me was as the Face of an Angel and he gave me that Comfort that I cannot but say that my Love to him is beyond what-ever I had to the dearest Relation When God blows every thing hath a Beauty and Lustre upon it here is an Answer of Prayer and such an Answer as dearest Relations must ingage you all to be constant in the performance of that Duty which like Iacob's Ladder though it flands upon the Earth yet reacheth up to Heaven Here is the Love of God made manifest to a poor Sinner at the Last Hour like the Thief upon the Cross