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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

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

A Brief Account OF THE BEHAVIOUR c. BY a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of the King's Pretended Judges began at the Old Bailey Octob. 10th 1660 the aforesaid Persons with many others were Sentenc'd to Death of which Tho. Harrison or Major-General Harrison was the First that was Executed which was on Saturday the 13th of October following According to his Sentence he was drawn on a Hurdle from Newgate to Charing-cross where within certain Rales made on Purpose a Gibbet was erected When he came to the sight of the Gallows he was transported with Joy and his Servant asked him how he did He answered Never better in my Life His Servant told him Sir there is a Crown of Glory ready for you O yes Said he I see it When he was taken off the Sledge the Hangman desired him to forgive him I do forgive thee said he with all my Heart as it is a Sin against me and told him he wisht him all Happiness and further said Alas poor Man Thou dost it ignorantly the Lord grant that this Sin may not be laid to thy Charge and putting his Hand into his Pocket gave him all the Money he had and so parting with his Servant hugging of him in his Arms went up the Ladder with an undaunted Countenance Major-Gen Harrison's Speech upon the Ladder Gentlemen I Did not expect to have spoken a Word to you at this Time but seeing there is Silence commanded I will speak something of the Work God hath in Hand in our Days Many of you have been Witnesses of the Finger of God that hath been seen among us of late Years in the Deliverance of his People from their Oppressors and in bringing to Judgment those that were guilty of the Precious Blood of the Dear Servants of the Lord And how God did witness thereto by many wonderful and evident Testimonies as it were immediately from Heaven insomuch that many of our Enemies who were Persons of no mean Quality were forced to confess That God was with us and if God did but stand Neuter they should not value us and therefore seeing the Finger of God hath been pleading this Cause I shall not need to speak much to it In which Work I with others were engaged for the which I do from my Soul bless the Name of God who out of the exceeding Riches of his Grace accounted me worthy to be instrumental in so Glorious a Work and though I am wrongfully charged with Murder and Bloodshed yet I must tell you I have kept a good Conscience both towards God and towards Man I never had Malice against any Man neither did I act maliciously towards any Person but as I judged them to be Enemies to God and his People And the Lord is my Witness that I have done what I did out of the Sincerity of my Heart to the Lord I bless God I have no Guilt upon my Conscience but the Spirit of God beareth Witness that my Actions are acceptable to the Lord through Jesus Christ though I have been compassed about with manifold Infirmities Failings and Inperfections in my Holiest Duties but in this I have Comfort and Consolation that I have Peace with God and do see all my Sins washt away in the Blood of my Dear Saviour And I do declare as before the Lord that I would not be guilty Wittingly nor Willingly of the Blood of the meanest Son no not for Ten Thousand Worlds much less of the Blood of such as I am charged with I have again and again besought the Lord with Tears to make known his Will and Mind unto me concerning it and to this Day he hath rather confirmed me in the Justice of it and therefore I leave it to him and to him I commit my Ways but some that were Eminent in the Work did wickedly turn aside themselves and to set up their Nests on high which caused great Dishonour to the Name of God and the Profession they had made And the Lord knows I could have suffered more than this rather than have fallen in with them in that Iniquity though I was offered what I would if I would have joined with them my Aim in all my Proceedings was the Glory of God and the Good of his People and the Welfare of the whole Common-wealth The People observing him to tremble in his Hands and Legs he taking notice of it said Gentlemen By Reason of some Scoffing that I do hear I judge that some do think I am afraid to Die by the shaking I have in my Hands and Knees I tell you no but it is by Reason of much Blood I have lost in the Wars and many Wounds I have received in my Body which caused this Shaking and Weakness in my Nerves I have had it this Twelve Years I speak this to the Praise and Glory of God he hath carried me above the Fear of Death and I value not my Life because I go to my Father and am assured I shall take it up again Gentlemen Take notice that for being instrumental in that Cause and Interest of the Son of God which hath been pleaded amongst us and which God hath witnessed too by Appeals and wonderful Victories I am brought to this Place to suffer Death this Day and if I had Ten Thousand Lives I could freely and cheerfully lay them down all to Witness to this Matter Oh what am I poor Worm that I should be accounted Worthy to suffer any Thing for the Sake of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I have gone joyfully and willingly many a Time to lay down my Life upon the Account of Christ but never with so much Joy and Freedom as at this Time I do not lay down my Life by constraint but willingly for if I had been minded to have run away I might have had many Opportunities but being so clear in the Thing I durst not turn my Back nor step a Foot out of the Way by Reason I had been engaged in the Service of so Glorious and Great a God however Men presume to call it by hard Names yet I believe e'er it be long the Lord will make it known from Heaven that there was more of God in it than Men are now aware of All the Gods of the Nations are but Idols they have Eyes but see not and Mouths but speak not and cannot save those that trust in them But my God is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords before whom all you here and all Nations are but as the Drop of a Bucket And he will never leave those that truly trust in him unto whose Glory I shall surely go and shall sit on the Right Hand of Christ in Heaven it may be to judge those that have Vnjustly judged me Matth. 25. 33 34. 1 Cor. 6. 2. The Sheriff minding him of the shortness of Time if he had any Thing to say to the People he might He said I do desire as from my own Soul that they

hold upon Christ as a Naked Christ and there to bottom my Soul I can say to the Praise and Glory of God that I have endeavoured in my Place and to my Power to do that which might be to God's Glory according to the best of my Vnderstanding I have stood for a Gospel Magistracy and Ministry and that many Delays in the Law might be removed and that Thing I have much suffer'd for I say it 's good for King and People that many Delays in Matter of Justice should be removed and that Publick Justice might be speedily and cheaply administred And as for my Profession I am of the Congregational Way I desire to own it and am for Liberty of Conscience and all that walk humbly and holily before the Lord and desire to walk in the Fear of the Lord and believe it is a Truth and there can be nothing said against it I do confess I am not convinced of any Thing I have done amiss as to that I have been charged with I am not indeed neither did I understand the Plea of the Court That if the Lords and Commons had brought the King to the Bar and set him over them again their bringing him to the Bar had been Treason I desire never to repent of any Thing therein I have done but I desire to own the Cause of God and of Christ and am here to bear witness to it and so far as I know any Thing of my self I can freely confess it Here the Sheriff interrupted him again desiring him to forbear any such Expressions Mr. Cook reply'd It hath not been the Manner of English Men to insult over a Dying Man nor in other Countries among Turks and Galliasses The Lord Bless every one of us and help us that we may look more to the Honour and Glory of God than the Concernments of our own Lives For alas What is a Poor Miserable Life to us but that therein we might give Honour and Glory to the God of all our Mercies And if there be any here of that Congregation to which I was related in the time that I lived here I would commend to them that Scripture Phil. 2. 7 18. Yea and if I be offered up upon the Sacrifice and Service of the Faith I Joy and Rejoice with them all for the same Cause also do ye Joy and Rejoice with me And Deut. 18. Verse 11. The Lord God of your Fathers make you a Thousand Times more than you are and Bless as he hath Promised The Lord be pleased to speak Comfort to them and to all them that Fear the Lord The Lord keep England from Popery and from Superstition and keep it from Prophaneness and that there may not be an Inundation of Antichrist in the Land And that is all the Harm I wish unto it The Lord hath Forgiven me many Thousand Talents and therefore I may well Forgive those few Pence that are owing unto me I Bless the Lord I have nothing lying upon my Conscience but I can unbosom my self to every one and to the Throne of Free Grace in the simplicity of my Spirit I have endeavoured to do nothing but with a good Conscience and through the Integrity of my Heart though accompanied with many Frailties I desire to Bless the Lord my Lot was rather in Ireland than here here I have been more known where I have given the Offence The Sheriff again interrupted him Mr. Cook replies Sir I pray take notice of it I think I am the first Man that ever was Hanged for demanding of Justice therefore I hope you will not interrupt me I suppose you were there and do bear me Witness in your Conscience that there was not any thing then that I did not Communicate to the Court that I now speak upon the Ladder If you will believe the Words of a dying Man I say as I must give an Account I have nothing lyeth upon my Conscience We must all meet together at the Great Day of the Lord to give an Account of all our Actions and then it will appear the Lord grant we may meet with Joy and Comfort I have a Poor Wife and Child and some Friends left I desire you that came along with me to commend to them Isaiah 54. 4 5 and 10 Verses I hope the King and Parliament will consider our Poor Friends as to their Estates you know that those Lords that formerly suffered under the Parliament did not lose all their Estates I hope there will be some Consideration as to Justice lest that our small Estates prove a Poyson amongst their great deal and my Poor Wife and Relations suffer The Lord grant that Mercy may be shewed that Mercy and Righteousness may Magnifie and Exalt itself above Justice I shall not hold you long I shall desire in the Fear of the Lord to give my self as in Rom. 12. 1. A Living Sacrifice Holy and Acceptable unto God which is but a Reasonable Service And so do intreat that I may have a little time to call upon the Lord unless there be any thing more desired or any one that would ask me a Question Truly I forgive all from my Heart I have nothing upon my Heart to accuse any of them withal I Bless the Lord I have a clear Conscience I say it is in the Integrity and Simplicity of my Heart I do now appeal to the Great God to whom I must give an Account of what I have done knowing that all my Guilt is washed away in the Blood of Jesus Christ and before him I hope to appear and have nothing else to plead any thing at all for me And so I hope that I have declared my self with Simplicity and Integrity in a few Words that you may understand my Mind I shall speak a few Words to the Lord in Prayer and shall not trouble you further When having pray'd a short space he was Executed and his Head afterwards fix'd on the North-East End ofWestminister-Hall Observations on Mr. Cook IF Treason ever wore a Cloak you may see it here now palliated to the Life a quaint Orator struggling for Life under the sad Pressures of a heavy Charge A Man Bred up where Law was more in force at least more studied than the Gospel I am sorry Pearls of Eloquence and the very Marrow of the Law should prove destructive to the Owners Sum up all his Virtues in a Schedule and at the End write Traitor Can then his Virtues make me blush to write Solus in conclavi teste Lucerna What he himself at a Publick Meeting Coelo spectante was not ashamed to act the King must die and Monarchy with him could the dull Genius of this Nation suffer it so tamely Marius that Excellent Roman daunted his Butcher with a Word Et tu homo audes necare C. Marium And could not Majesty with all its Charms daunt a Soliciting Cook He alledges he was put on it nay fee'd to do what he did so was

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

Right Hand of God where I hope to see him by and by in Glory and Majesty and to see his Angels and Believers worshipping of him and therefore I despise the Shame Our Saviour died upon the Cross without Sin I am a sinful Creature a wretched Sinner and shall I expect better than he that was my Master He who was Holy and never had a sinful Thought in all his Life and died not for himself but for us that we might Live through his Death that through his Poverty we might be made Rich. And Christ having done this for his People it should not be in their Eyes thought a despicable Thing that we should suffer for him having been engaged in the Work of God But Christ must prevail in Righteousness and he will prevail Now Mr. Sheriff I thank you for your Civility and for this leave After this Col. Hacker spoke something privately to him whereupon Col. Axtel said Mr. Sheriff Must we both Die together Mr. Sheriff answered Yes Then Col. Hacker read a Paper which he had in his Hand a Copy whereof followeth FRiends and Countreymen All that have known me in my best Estate have not known me to be a Man of Oratory and that God hath not given me the Gift of Vtterance as to others therefore I have only this briefly to say unto you that are Spectators As the Parliament stated the War I did out of Judgment and Conscience join with them in the Common Cause and have through Grace have been faithful to it according to my Measure And as for that which now I am condemned for I do freely forgive both Judges Jury and Witnesses and all others and I thank the Lord to whom I am now going at whose Tribunal I must render an Account I have nothing lyes upon my Conscience as Guilt whereof I am now Condemned and do not doubt but to have the Sentence reverst I do now apply my self unto God by Prayer and do desire the Hearty Prayers of all that fear God that I may have a sweet Passage from this Mortal Life to that Immortal Life which God hath prepared for all that are in Christ Jesus Francis Hacker After the reading of this he desired that Col. Axtel would be both their Mouth to God in Prayer And then Col. Axtel said I desire all that fear the Lord to hear me with Patience and to lift up their Hearts to seek the Lord with me that we may have his Strength and the Presence of his Spirit from this World to Everlasting Life After he had ended his Prayer he gave the Sheriff Thanks again for his Civility and turning to Colonel Hacker they saluted and embraced each other in their Arms and said The Lord sweeten our Passage and give us a happy Meeting with himself in Glory Then pulling his Cap over his Eyes expected as is supposed that the Cart should be drawn away with his Hands lifted up he utter'd these Words with a Loud and Audible Voice Lord Jesus receive my Spirit but the Cart staying a little longer he lift up his Hands the Second Time and with the like Audible and Loud Voice said Into thy Hands O Father I commend my Spirit And yet in regard there was no Man found to put forward the Horse to draw away the Cart until the Common Hangman came down out of the Cart himself to do it the Carman as many Witnesses affirm saying He would lose his Cart and Horse before he would have a Hand in hanging such a Man by this he had Opportunity to lift up his Hands and utter the like the Third Time also Observations on Mr. Axtel and Mr. Hacker THE last Actors in this Bloody Tragedy are now entred upon the Stage and seeing they were join'd in their Lives I thought it fit to leave them as I found them These were guilty of that Horrid Murther in daring to protect what is a Sin to think Axtel guarded those Bloody Shambles where Virtue and Majesty stood like Lambs before the Butcher and now having brought the Ship of our King's Life tost upon the Tumultuous Surges of so many uncertain Fortunes almost into the Harbour of their Malice he bids Rebellion cast an Anchor on the dangerous Sands of the Good Old Cause Thus when all good Christians Hearts were melted in the Furnace of Affliction to see Majesty lye a Bleeding and Pleading for Life in every Honest Heart before so sad a Tribunal This Gentleman spent his Time in raising his Soldiers Spirits to a Pitch of Mirth laughing at their Squibs extreamly pleased that Majesty rise offended with such sad Perfumes from the Seat where he sate which was suddenly to stumble at a Block and pass unregarded to a cold Grave FINIS